Is Music Language? (refresh)

Quotes from musicians

"The musician, like the poet, works only slightly removed from pure thought-stuff. He builds his bridges in the wind, from wind, creating by endeavor of the imagination."—Fred Brooks, musician


Code is language.
Language is code.
Code is not language.
Language is not code.
Code is like language.
Language is like code.
Code includes language.
Language includes code.
Code excludes language.
Language excludes code.
Code is beyond language.
Language is beyond code.
Code extends language.
Language extends code.
Code encodes language.
Language encodes code.
Code represents language.
Language represents code.
Code signifies language.
Language signifies code.
Code consists of language.
Language consists of code.
— For Loop

I Ching: The Essential Translation of the Ancient Chinese Oracle and Book of Wisdom (2014)

"The I Ching is a game, a most demanding game. One does not just read it, one does not just translate it. One plays it, one plays with it, one interacts with it. It plays too, in deadly earnest"

"The act of reading creates a new dynamic, triggering reflections and conversations that might otherwise never take place."

"There are many methods available online that simulate the yarrow Stalk Method or the Coin Method. I personally do not recommend them, since they introduce an element into the process which discourages a thoughtful and calm attitude."

— John MINFORD