Support
Looper's Delight
|
Support |
|
|
Spent time in Middle Sweden/Stockholm and then some time in the far North of the Country in Jokkmokk and Gallivare area. The trick of light at high latitudes is a strange one. In the winter, I could barely stay awake. In the summer, I had insomnia and insane amounts of energy. The creative side of all that seemed to re-arrange alot of my sensibilities. I got alot of musical material out of it. Some of my chemical choices might've effected certain outcomes as well, but I am not fond of giving those things credit. I think that bad weather in general creates good art. It causes focus and limits options. Todd -----Original Message----- >From: Tony K <bigtony@softhome.net> >Sent: Dec 28, 2005 8:16 AM >To: "LOOPERS DELIGHT (posting)" <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> >Subject: Re: OT - Climate Changes > >> Maybe this can lead to a discussion of how weather effects our >creativity. > >I find that I like to 'get creative' and play when it's sort of dreary - >rainy, snowy, dark. But not so much when it's bright and sunny. Might >be >because I like to play dark and dreary things. ;) If it's sunny I want >to >be outside doing something fun, like fishing or walking or anything but >be >in my studio. > >I was watching some programs about last years tsunami and apparently the >earthquake also caused the earth to wobble and spin faster. Not much, a >few >thousanths of a second, but it changed. Gotta wonder what that kind of >major event does to weather, currents, etc. > >Tony > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "loop.pool" <looppool@cruzio.com> >To: "LOOPERS DELIGHT (posting)" <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> >Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 4:03 AM >Subject: OT: Climate Changes > > >> This is so off topic as to defy rational justification >> except that it affects many of the live loopers >> in Western Europe and the British Isles: >> >> I was talking with Luis Angulo (who is here visiting his family >> in San Diego from Northern Europe) and he told me that >> they had 3 solid weeks without seeing the sunshine in Radolfzell >> (by the Boden Zee). I had also heard from Andy Butler mentioning >> that England was having a particularly severe winter this year. >> >> Anyway, my wife found this fascinating flash demonstration of >> why global warming is having the effect of much colder winters >> for Western Europe and the British Isles. >> >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/flash/gulf_stream_climate.swf >> >> The Gulf Stream coming up from the equator actually raises the >> air temperature of those regions by an astonishing 18 degrees Farhenheit >> and 10 degrees Celsius. >> >> Researchers have discovered that the circulation of the currents have >> slowed >> a dismaying 30% over the last 12 years due to global warming trends. >> >> Maybe this can lead to a discussion of how weather effects our >creativity. >> >> I've often wondered if Per Boysen, as an example, is more or less >> creative/prolific >> when there is very little sun in the winter or when there is a lot of >sun >> in the summer. >> >> I know I write much, much more in the winter than in the summer. >