Quote of the week: Robert M. Pirsig | General Discussion | Forum

"When analytic thought, the knife, is applied to experience, something is always killed in the process.  That is fairly well understood, at least in the arts.  Mark Twain's experience comes to mind, in which after he mastered the analytic knowledge to pilot the Mississippi he discovered the river had lost its beauty. Something is always killed, but what's less noticed in the arts is something is always created too."

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ad3maxx said:

 I think that there is art in the fine details that you find when you analyze things, but I do agree that it changes the big picture.

Definitely.  When I first read his quote, the first thing to come to mind was the process of making beats.  Before I made beats, the entire process was a big mystery to me.  Then once I learned, it lost a little bit of it's luster because I understood all the tricks.  At the same time, I gained a new appreciation for it, and because i understood the inner-workings of it more, I also understood what could be done to (hopefully) innovate.  I think the last part where he talks about what is gained in the arts is very relevant.