2.13 Moonlight, Gould, and If Ever I Cease to Love

What Now with Simo by Simo Sakari Aaltonen

Episode notes

Newfound freedom — Fresh air — The 1st movement of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 14 (Moonlight) — Pieces I never get tired of — Changing pianists, changing tempi — In Season 3 of Twin Peaks — The most remarkable use of this movement — Time slows down — David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti — The gift of simplicity — “Slower” — Music is a set of simple things in combinations of varying complexity — Simple questions, simple choices — The idea tells you everything — The answers already embedded in the idea — Creating a story — Many ways of writing — The main thing is to remain open and be ready — 1:29 p.m. — Wildfires in the United States — National Geographic — 85–90% of wildfires result from human causes (ignorance, negligence, or malice) — 8:19 p.m. — Fragmentation and Season 3 — Matches lived reality — Life has both discon ... 

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