This struck me. I immediately entered into a quandry and as a lover of both life and music- I found myself perplexed.  I instantly had interpreted this quote to mean that  our footprint as human beings is more of an evolutionary accident than a necessary contribution to the cosmos. (“A virus with shoes” I believe Bill Hicks called us..)

With that swallowed, was i to understand that music is our only worthwhile export?

If you percieve us as being the point at which the universe turns inward and becomes aware of itself- we are more of a divine anomaly than an accident. It is fitting then, that we, as a collective have created this wonderful means by which to connect and ponder the very daunting reality of our presence on this Earth. A universal language if you will.

Music is defined to be: vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in…