Sensory
perceptions take place sequentially, within the limits of time and space.
But the mind is not so restricted, and the imagination may conceive extraordinary possibilities.
Consider a painting that represents a subject from numerous perspectives and according to differing qualities of light simultaneously. It is nonetheless a representation of reality, and reflects the artist's aesthetic sense, as can sounds arranged in nuanced, unified compositions that represent elements of changing, evolving environments.
Such works in sound may strike the ear, in comparison with other musical compositions, in ways similar to those that cubist landscapes appear to the eye, that is to say, as somewhat uncanny in contrast with "realistic" paintings or photographs.
Their strange familiarity, and even their beauty, invite a change of viewpoint and attitude in regard to the art of listening.
