What a joy exploring today's New York Times online! Everything will be revealed in it's own due Times. Breathe in and breathe out through the top of your head. Let the energy flow!
My morning's first delight is Arthur I. Miller's essay, "A Genius Finds Inspiration in the Music of Another" about Einstein and Mozart. So much was written about Mozart last week during the 250th anniversary of his birth. Some critics seem to rate his music as lightweight wallpaper classical Muzak. Mozart's music feels effortless and obvious, which is either a sign of a hack or a sign of nirvana. For me, it is a channel of cosmic order and energy. Oh, that my art compositions would seem that beamed down from the stars! The essay discusses Einstein's inspiration from Mozart's music, described as "plucked from the air."
I'm also exhilarated by the news that scientists have found the gene that controls whether your earwax is moist or dry. The earwax gene is, "known to geneticists as the ATP-binding cassette C11 gene." Read on, and find that earwax, "seems to have the very humble role of being no more than biological flypaper, preventing dust and insects from entering the ear." I don't want to spoil the surprise, so read it for yourself.
You can also learn about NASA's Stardust Mission, and the collection of comet dust on a gunky substance known as aerogel, science lingo for Mozart's genius earwax, in today's New York Times. Matter. Energy. Space. Earwax. Beauty. Truth. Truth. Beauty. Q-Tips. Comet dust. Calculus. Never put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear. Put some Mozart in the cd player, and do a bit of stargazing.
Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.
John Keats. 1795–1821
Ode on a Grecian Urn, from high school English class
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