Re: Looping Therapy

[rich <rich@nuvision.com>]

I was fortunate enough to see the W.S. Burroughs retrospective art showing
at Los Angeles County Museum a few years ago, where they had Bill and
Bryon's 'Dream Machine'.  You sat in front of it, pushed a button on the
table, and closed your eyes and stared at the thing....it only lasted about
15 seconds.  Fun folks that we are, we just held the damn button down and
zoned out...

The only thing i got out of it was a massive headache and the realization
that i am susceptible to light induced mild siezures...  I guess i was
missing the drugs and gamelan music...

oh well,

rich



>i remember reading about a computer program that had all the different 
>brain
>wave stimulators on it. it was in electronic musician a long  while back. 
>it
>might have been some sort of virtual synth program. i took interest in it 
>at
>the time because i have a few of those brain sync tapes. the music was 
>pretty
>bad on them though and I'd rather have CD. they work best through 
>headphones.
>the first time i tried it i think something happened. since i wasn't able 
>to
>duplicate the feeling again I'm not sure if it was due to the waves or 
>not.
>perhaps if the music was new each time or at least more to my tastes it 
>would
>be different. i also wonder if stress plays a part in blocking the
>receptiveness of an individual towards the effect.
>
>
>peter