Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.
Performance is a vehicle for entering different worlds of experiencing.
The science is in knowing; the art in perceiving.
Linguistic philosophers continue to argue that probably music is not a language, that is in the philosophical debate. Another point of view is to say that music is a very profound language.
Expectation closes the door to what is happening in the moment.
Music is the cup that holds the wine of silence. Sound is that cup, but empty. Noise is that cup, but broken.