Paradox: 1: a tenet contrary to received opinion
2 a: a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true b: a self-contradictory statement that at first seems true c: an argument that apparently derives self-contradictory conclusions by valid deduction from acceptable premises
3: one that possesses seemingly contradictory qualities or phases
In an attempt to decipher the driving force behind the tremendous appeal the mighty Opeth has for me personally.. I decided to do some thinking. I believe I have been able to come up with the core principals that Do it for me.
Lets just set the stage shall we? My life is a tapestry woven in contradiction. Im a stone cold white guy. My wife is a beautiful Mexican woman who happens to have fire in her veins and the most caring considerate heart of anyone I have ever met.. a contradiction in itself. I have a daughter (7 in August) and a son (turned 2 in Feb.) They both have a wonderful blend of my wife and myself in personality, intellect, skin and hair color, etc a stunning manifestation of our apparent contradictory qualities coming together to form a beautiful mélange. We actually named our daughter Raven Soleil Raven being one of the most beautiful and intelligent birds in existence as well as a symbol of darkness and mystery among other things we deliberately contrasted this with her middle name Soleil which is of course Sun in French for balance. It totally works for her. My sons name is Vaughn (small tip of the hat to Sarah Vaughn complimented with his middle name Silas which for all you Forest Metal folks out there refers to the Roman God Silvanus - God of Forests, Groves, Wild Places and Boundaries. Fertility God associated with flocks and herds. His attributes are a pruning knife and a bough from a pine tree. Equated with the Greek Pan... but I digress. Anyway, I have some Chinese characters tattooed on my forearms and have had plans to surround them with fire on one arm and water on the other as another symbol of contrast, balance and harmony.... As I type this I realize I could keep going and going and youre all probably bored by now anyway so let me summarize.
My life is a paradox. From my upbringing vrs how I turned out as a person, my relationships, my thoughts and personality traits, my children all prominently feature vast extremes, which inevitably compliment each other to create a whole greater than the sum of the parts. These trends that make up who I am are manifest in my tastes in everything including one of my main passions - music. I have a wide and varied taste in music and find many of the elements that are most appealing to me contained within and demonstrated consistently by the mighty Opeth. I wont get into the specifics of the Opeth sound or talents or style as weve got about 400 threads about that specifically. Opeth = dynamics and musically fit the above definition of the word paradox . So for myself Opeth music is simply a metaphor for my life.
Thanks for reading I hope you didnt feel this was a waste of forum space. I just thought it would be interesting to analyze what makes these particular elements so appealing to us as individuals and I started with myself. Feel free to add your 2 cents if you are so inclined.
Ok, then.
Out.
2 a: a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true b: a self-contradictory statement that at first seems true c: an argument that apparently derives self-contradictory conclusions by valid deduction from acceptable premises
3: one that possesses seemingly contradictory qualities or phases
In an attempt to decipher the driving force behind the tremendous appeal the mighty Opeth has for me personally.. I decided to do some thinking. I believe I have been able to come up with the core principals that Do it for me.
Lets just set the stage shall we? My life is a tapestry woven in contradiction. Im a stone cold white guy. My wife is a beautiful Mexican woman who happens to have fire in her veins and the most caring considerate heart of anyone I have ever met.. a contradiction in itself. I have a daughter (7 in August) and a son (turned 2 in Feb.) They both have a wonderful blend of my wife and myself in personality, intellect, skin and hair color, etc a stunning manifestation of our apparent contradictory qualities coming together to form a beautiful mélange. We actually named our daughter Raven Soleil Raven being one of the most beautiful and intelligent birds in existence as well as a symbol of darkness and mystery among other things we deliberately contrasted this with her middle name Soleil which is of course Sun in French for balance. It totally works for her. My sons name is Vaughn (small tip of the hat to Sarah Vaughn complimented with his middle name Silas which for all you Forest Metal folks out there refers to the Roman God Silvanus - God of Forests, Groves, Wild Places and Boundaries. Fertility God associated with flocks and herds. His attributes are a pruning knife and a bough from a pine tree. Equated with the Greek Pan... but I digress. Anyway, I have some Chinese characters tattooed on my forearms and have had plans to surround them with fire on one arm and water on the other as another symbol of contrast, balance and harmony.... As I type this I realize I could keep going and going and youre all probably bored by now anyway so let me summarize.
My life is a paradox. From my upbringing vrs how I turned out as a person, my relationships, my thoughts and personality traits, my children all prominently feature vast extremes, which inevitably compliment each other to create a whole greater than the sum of the parts. These trends that make up who I am are manifest in my tastes in everything including one of my main passions - music. I have a wide and varied taste in music and find many of the elements that are most appealing to me contained within and demonstrated consistently by the mighty Opeth. I wont get into the specifics of the Opeth sound or talents or style as weve got about 400 threads about that specifically. Opeth = dynamics and musically fit the above definition of the word paradox . So for myself Opeth music is simply a metaphor for my life.
Thanks for reading I hope you didnt feel this was a waste of forum space. I just thought it would be interesting to analyze what makes these particular elements so appealing to us as individuals and I started with myself. Feel free to add your 2 cents if you are so inclined.
Ok, then.
Out.
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