Re: Great speech video on "Sound"

["Mark Showalter" <folkstone57@operamail.com>]

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From: antonyhequet@yahoo.com
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: Re: Great speech video on "Sound"
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 08:28:55 -0700 (PDT)

I like it:-)

Glad to hear this.

Art is transformation of perception or intent to transform perception; in other words communicating a new perception so others may experience it too... This is also true of physics.

Not so sure what the reference to physics means, but how would you include the realism approach into your statement?

A photographer friend I had in college who's pictures were usually just plain amazing told me his whole point for taking pictures was so that his work " was the next best thing to being there" , like many of the guys he admired. Ansel Adams was one of his idols, although I thought the stuff he did was far superior to because of course, his were all colour photos. Shows you how much I know......

 

Antony Hequet

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From: Mark Showalter <folkstone57@operamail.com>
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Sent: Sun, October 24, 2010 4:42:08 PM
Subject: Re: Great speech video on "Sound"

Hello All,

I think whenever I hear such stuff as "Mozart is good" that we're getting into an area that isn't so cut & dry. Music esthetics can't be tossed in so casually to make a point about how art makes it's impression upon the subject experiencing it. " One man's painting is another man's wallpaper" is not only true but applies to all forms of art, including great art.  I'm also not sure exactly what the overall point was, although I must admit that a few minutes into his speal I simply turned the presentation off. Was the point that noise can kill or that  bad music can make us monsters? And I can certainly say that at no point did I ever think "wow" , my thoughts were more along the line of " so what is your point? " & then I turned it off.

BTW, this might also be a very good time for a discussion on the esthetics of music & since it's one of my areas of interest, I'll start with a simple question:

What is the definition of art?

My answer is: art is intent.

I haven't listened to a lot of TED talks but usually there is some wisdom or a synthesis of ideas presented that makes me go "wow".  This didn't do that.

 

t

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From: Gareth Whittock

To: loopers-delight@loopers-delight.com

Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2010 2:24 AM

Subject: RE: Great speech video on "Sound"

Yeah, I'm not so sure about the usual "Mozart is good and *** is bad" assertion. I've heard this time and time again from middle class academics.
 
G
 
> Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 08:43:07 +0100
> From: akbutler@tiscali.co.uk
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Re: Great speech video on "Sound"
>
> Per Boysen wrote:
> > A tip for inspiration. Check it out at
> > http://edition.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/10/10/treasure.sound/index.html?iref=allsearch
> >
>
> I like the conclusions he draws,
> ...but does anyone else here think his reasoning is half nonsensical?
>
> curious
>
> andy
>
>

Mark Showalter
Minden Jot!

myspace.com/folkstone57
http://www.last.fm/music/Mark+Showalter

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