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" Especially, with something as intuitively appealing, or unappealing, as music, to acknowledge that there's something that I didn't know I liked is to be surprised not only by the song, but by myself. My dad, a musician for much of his life, says that this is actually the definition of good music--music that sneaks up on you and changes you. And if we're able to leave room for the encounters that will change us in ways we can't yet see, we can also acknowledge that we are each a confluence of forces that exceed our own understanding. (Chapter 5) "

Jenny Odell , How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy


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Jenny Odell quote : Especially, with something as intuitively appealing, or unappealing, as music, to acknowledge that there's something that I didn't know I liked is to be surprised not only by the song, but by myself. My dad, a musician for much of his life, says that this is actually the definition of good music--music that sneaks up on you and changes you. And if we're able to leave room for the encounters that will change us in ways we can't yet see, we can also acknowledge that we are each a confluence of forces that exceed our own understanding. (Chapter 5)