Re: Philly Electro-Experimental

[SketchyJoe@aol.com]

Discipline is a function of order.  If a being functions and works within 
a 
set of rules without a second party enforcing these rules, that being is 
excersizing discipline.  Bliss (or happiness) emerges from working within 
the 
rules to the point at which the rules are forgotten.

I was thinking about this as I was driving home from my day job (grade 
school 
music teacher).  Children work best under rules.  This gives them a 
structure 
in which to be a well-behaved member of society.  When this structure is 
not 
apparent or if the rules they are taught come in conflict with other 
thought 
patterns, they act out.  In the same way, we react against patterns that 
come 
in conflict with our own models for existence.  It's like trying to 
understand 13/8 when all you've heard is 6/8 or 4/4.  Or trying to listen 
to 
something like Schoenberg when your concept of "classical" music is as 
contemporary as Beethoven.  I personally try to teach that the exploration 
of 
these boundries reveals that they are only temporary at best and that they 
all are stepping stones to more abstract concepts that are still part of 
the 
same whole.  Machines are the only truly disciplined beings: Work to your 
computational limit (and that's why I torture machines without pity).  As 
you 
may guess, I'm not a very fun teacher.

Later!
Joe