Re: do you imagine pictures while playing?

[Jeffrey Lomas <jeff.lomas@oasis-open.org>]

Sound is a metaphoric expression of things seldom said. Whether seen or unseen
it is in the eye of the beholder.

jeff

Doug Cox wrote:
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> This is an interesting topic.
>
> Not that I'm a big fan of LSD (anymore, at least!)...
> Still, I have experienced, and then read observations from a wide variety of
> sources, that sound can often manifest itself as shapes and colors while
> under the influence of a hallucinogen.  I have often wondered if this is
> some chemical effect of the drug, or if it is simply a heightened
> sensitivity to something that's always there - a basic relationship in the
> human mind between sound and shape.
>
> I'm also reminded of a Peter Gabriel lyric, from "Humdrum", on the 1st solo
> album:
> "Lost among echoes of things not there
> Watching the sounds forming shapes in the air"
>
> Doug
>
> PS - gotta go get that PG "Up" CD soon!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stuart Wyatt" <stuart@solostring.com>
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 3:33 PM
> Subject: Re: do you imagine pictures while playing?
>
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> > > Strange, I never managed to imagine picture and sound simultaneously.
> > >       
> > I sometimes do if I am in a trance-like state - it is very much like
> > what you get if you are in a deep meditative state (helped with yoga) or
> > take the easy option and cheat and use natural herbal substances. They
> > are visions, just like day dreaming. The Place des Vosges improvisations
> > were all recorded whilst in this state (natural, and herbal)... I can
> > picture people, places, scents, touch....
> >
> > Alas, it does not happen as much as it used to...
> >
> > Lately, I have been feeling a kind of musical schizophrenia whereby it
> > feels as though there are a number of performers inside me. The
> > spiritual side of me believes that at times, my body is acting as a
> > medium for dead musicians whereas my analitical mind just assumes that I
> > am a natural headchase and am just playing things that I have
> > subconciously heard or worked out beforehand. I play in styles I have
> > never studied or have played before... to this day, I dont know whe
> > re
> > they are coming from.
> >
> > Its a bizarre sensation... feeling away from your physical body and
> > conducting your own small string orchestra....
> >
> > Its great, as they work for free, dont have drinking problems and rarely
> > argue with each other. :)
> >
> > --
> > Stuart Wyatt - Solo String Project
> > http://www.solostring.com
> > stuart@solostring.com
> >
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