Right, I feel like this is an appropriate point for my 2 (or 12 cents). I've seen loads of comments, especially since the chapter 175 about the cultist atmosphere and Condom's behaviour. As someone who has worked in the classical music industry for nearly 10 years, who has grown up around classical musicians and hung in and around professional orchestras (some of the best) I hate to say it but the author is bang on the money about the reality of this industry. I would love to say that they're exaggerating or embellishing but they aren't. One of the reasons I love this manwha so much is because the author is very obviously knows and understands the world they are writing about. The relationships feel real and grounded because they are clearly drawing from not only a good understand on how actual humans behave, but more specifically how they behave in THIS environment. The cliques of orchestra musicians and the rejection if you don't behave in a certain way, the abuse (verbal, physical and sexual) and the obsession around perfection are just a normal Tuesday. One could ask oneself why on earth someone could chose to subject themselves to this environment ? The author gives us the answer through Heejay and Garam's CONNECTION (heart, body, mind and soul). I think that the thesis of this entire story is even though this environment is hostile and full of distorted individuals who will twist music to serve their own purpose like corrupted priests, the purity of human connection and love for music is what music and, in a larger sense life, is all about. It's a beacon of hope and a the reason classical music has survived for centuries. Art is a path from human to human as André Malraux so astutely noted. Artist to interpreter to Man to artist to interpreter to Man and round and back again over and over, inspiring, feeling and transforming.
That's why this story is so powerful especially today: in our world where everyone is surrounded by people while simultaneously feeling completely alone, music and art are our ultimate guide to connection.
Right, I feel like this is an appropriate point for my 2 (or 12 cents). I've seen loads of comments, especially since the chapter 175 about the cultist atmosphere and Condom's behaviour. As someone who has worked in the classical music industry for nearly 10 years, who has grown up around classical musicians and hung in and around professional orchestras (some of the best) I hate to say it but the author is bang on the money about the reality of this industry. I would love to say that they're exaggerating or embellishing but they aren't.
One of the reasons I love this manwha so much is because the author is very obviously knows and understands the world they are writing about. The relationships feel real and grounded because they are clearly drawing from not only a good understand on how actual humans behave, but more specifically how they behave in THIS environment.
The cliques of orchestra musicians and the rejection if you don't behave in a certain way, the abuse (verbal, physical and sexual) and the obsession around perfection are just a normal Tuesday.
One could ask oneself why on earth someone could chose to subject themselves to this environment ? The author gives us the answer through Heejay and Garam's CONNECTION (heart, body, mind and soul). I think that the thesis of this entire story is even though this environment is hostile and full of distorted individuals who will twist music to serve their own purpose like corrupted priests, the purity of human connection and love for music is what music and, in a larger sense life, is all about. It's a beacon of hope and a the reason classical music has survived for centuries. Art is a path from human to human as André Malraux so astutely noted. Artist to interpreter to Man to artist to interpreter to Man and round and back again over and over, inspiring, feeling and transforming.
That's why this story is so powerful especially today: in our world where everyone is surrounded by people while simultaneously feeling completely alone, music and art are our ultimate guide to connection.
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