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Ursula K. Le Guin

It had never occurred to me before that music and thinking are so much alike. In fact you could say music is another way of thinking, or maybe thinking is another kind of music.

Ursula K. Le Guin

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The author realizes that both music and thinking involve organizing ideas in a structured and creative way. She suggests that the process of making music and the process of thinking share a deep connection, where one can be seen as a form of the other.

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