It's simple to the point of the stunningly obvious, but you need to experience it to grasp the point, to let the point penetrate. After struggle comes release, fulfilment. Without struggle there is, strangely, no point. The struggle points to a meaning beyond itself.
And another, possibly related point: now listening to Steve Reich's Electric Counterpoint from a recent Prom concert featuring the music of the great minimalist (though he doesn't care for the term.) Stunningly, intensely, pointlessly beautiful.
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