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(Keep feeling) fascination

I was thinking of this while taking a walk earlier today: How important is mystery in our lives? And is the fascination lost when we go from curiosity to knowing ? I'll explain what I mean and how it relates to cards. While taking a walk, I was listening to music as always. A certain song came on -- no, it wasn't the Human League, although they're in rotation -- and I paid particular attention to the hook in the song. And I thought how musicians know how to craft a hook. It doesn't just arrive magically from the heavens (well, maybe sometimes it does). Musicians have to know how to arrange notes and chords into a progression that pleases the ear. They know the tricks and those tricks produce air play and fans and fill concert halls. And I wondered whether I wanted to be a musician and know what goes into a hook or a riff, what makes a song catchy. It almost feels better to be a commoner without that kind of intricate knowledge and just appreciate the song for...