Logic

Ever since marvelling at the pure structure of a toilet system a couple of years ago I have been asking myself what is it about shapes - rather than the substance they are made from - which enables so much to happen? A toilet system is just a tube and plunger - there is no mysterious quality to the substance that makes it what it is - just the "arrangement" of the stuff. A different arrangement and suddenly it no longer works - or maybe does a different thing.

The function - and what it is - is purely a mysterious result of the bits and pieces coming together in a particular (and quite visible) way. We can see it all, yet mysteriously a very useful function suddenly comes about!

Well I realised recently that this is what might be called "Logic" - the inner structure of things which if logical is harmonious and creates higher functions.

Clearly this is what delights so much in well written music - not just the emotional impact but the clever logic of the Bachs and Mozarts et al.

In fact "logic" in this sense is a vast part of the world - all relationships both emotional and the building blocks of life.