Longinus

The concept of "sublime" is one that really hit home for me. As a musician (albeit not a great one), I am constantly trying to write music that has "a lasting and repeated effect," leaving the listener with a "stubborn and indelible" memory of the music. Longinus believes the truly sublime pleases everyone all the time, which I believe is a virtual impossibility when it comes to anything in the world, especially music or literature. Even the most popular song or piece of literature ever made will have its detractors especially since there are so many more genres and styles than there were in Longinus's time. I think sublimity is probably something that will only ever exist in theory, though artists and writers will surely never stop trying to achieve the truly sublime.