Without music, life is a journey through a desert. ~ Pat Conroy

To me...music exists to elevate us as far as possible above everyday life. ~Gabriel Faure

埃里克·萨蒂 - 吉诺佩蒂/裸体舞曲第1号(Erik Satie - Gymnopedie No.1) 埃里克·萨蒂于1888年创作的《裸体舞曲》（Gymnopedies)是—组由三首小曲组成的套曲，演奏时间总共也只有7分多钟。曲名原是指古希腊裸体男子所跳的一种仪式舞蹈，据萨蒂自己说，这是他当时读了法国作家福楼拜的《萨朗波》产生灵感而作的。乐曲优美而神秘、柔和而惆怅的意境恍如将听者带到广袤的荒野，躺在松软的草地上仰望着神秘的夏夜星空。

Music is my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. ~ Maya Angelou Érik Satie (1866-1925) was a French composer and pianist. Satie was a colourful figure in the early 20th-century Parisian avant-garde. His work was a precursor to later artistic movements such as Minimalism(极简主义), Surrealism(超现实主义), repetitive music, and the Theatre of the Absurd. An eccentric, Satie was introduced as a "gymnopedist"（裸体主义者） in 1887, shortly before writing his most famous compositions, the Gymnopédies. Erik Satie’s most famous works are Gymnopédies《裸体舞曲/吉诺佩蒂》, and Gnossiennes《玄秘曲》, which are used a lot in popular music or movies.