DISCOVERY: THE ART & SCIENCE OF THE ARTS & SCIENCES

Scientific discovery blocked by demagoguery or superstition simple waits until someone, somewhere, somewhen, makes the discovery. Which is more plausible? Art is a single expression, that can't  wait, timeless in its expression.   We are servants of these notions. If we learn to control emotion, think before we speak, to listen, watch, silently, act with grace, gentle in the face of insubordination and aggression- that earned the sobriquet- Gentle Craft.  Gentle and thoughtful is not weak or silly, though the loutish mind would like us to believe otherwise.  Is a principled life worth living? Is it truly more powerful than ignorance? Is it only a hypocrit who takes the vows of a freemason and sets about denying agape, denying true happiness is achieveable through our collective behaviour toward one another and within our conscience?  On the 26th January, 1911, Richard Strauss comic opera Der Rosenkavalier debuted in Dresden. It is a story as old as time, about dishonest assumptions about the nature of women, as a wealthy, middle-aged woman takes a young timid man for her lover, though she cannot have an intelligent conversation with him and he has more carnal goals than a mutually rewarding relationship.  So flawed, often criticized but wildly popular from the first performance. It like Freemasonry is an allegory, messaging of artistic persuation that disarmingly garnishes discretion, exploring controversy. Is this why men become distracted and impose ego in an especial atmosphere of a lodge? Is it because they are overwhelmed that they attempt to withdrawn into a conflicted comfort zone?  No need then for an audience; an individual struggle, but to permit disruption of the harmony of a lodge would be an obvious innovation- and we know that we have given our word never to allow or faciliate that. As you wish