Distance, Echo, Reality, Being

Sound in memory delineates a subtle understanding of experience.

But this is inconsequential unless there is a more profound understanding of order, one which extends beyond linear pattern, repetition, and variation.

Position, Eye and Ear

Give attention to visual and aural perspectives in the same manner: as potential works of art.

As the eye of the imagination conceives visual representations, so may the inner ear originate and develop compositions in sound.

Sounds of Reason and Free Will

Penetrate the twilight between worlds, if you can, and you will find a place few reach.

Many claim this quest by many names: few begin the journey, fewer still set foot in the right direction.

Those who hear with the inner ear, with persistence and personal sacrifice, may yet perceive this world with a consciousness greater than themselves.

No one knows.

Sound Only

Music is one form.  Sound is many forms.

Those attached to music create music.  Unattached, one listens, and hears, and creates accordingly.

Sound and Setting

Perceptions that contribute to setting aside attachments release contemplative states of mind.

This is the simple process of combining sound and setting for total effect. Yet few make the effort, as it cannot be of value without first comprehending the purpose of distinguishing appearances from reality in approaching the phenomena of existence.

Here, Now

"Passion" has its limits, most of them inconsequential.

The sounds I am interested in creating and presenting are those that reflect not only the human condition, but humanity's unique place in the universe.

Nothing More

The intent of mass media is exploitation, and it is transparent in all its applications.

Manipulation of any group is facilitated by a contrived scenario of desperation and excitement.

One Take

The mind filters and assembles and evaluates perceptions.

Culture informs consciousness, but the strength of that culture and consciousness depends on the individual who will not be yoked to the wheel of collective vision.

Application

Everything must be connected, etc., etc., ad nauseum.

Observe the ever-strident discourse that insists humanity be dependent upon technologies, as if there is no imagination, creativity, or consciousness otherwise.

Late and Soon II

Culture evolves with the speed of communications,

Accordingly, developments of ideas and techniques that once took centuries now run their courses in years or decades. Yet when communication is instantaneous, such ideas can be dismissed as having no value within minutes, and all the more so when understanding is predicated upon mere superficial engagement and shallow, or failed, thought processes.

These facts must not escape observation, and consideration must be given equally to an additional truth: regardless of how quickly information moves, ideas, techniques, and creative efforts may still undergo developments that take years, decades, and centuries.

Muse

Art is more than a product.  It is more than decorative surfaces and stylish sounds.

Art is a philosophy: it is a way of being and communicating that transcends the frayed threads of common banality, emotional excess, and vanity.

Take No for an Answer

There is, in fact, a great disturbance throughout the aesthetic fabric of culture.

See everywhere reflexive acceptance of mediocrity as the norm, and "controversy" as the claim of art. These are no more than contradictory passions, with contradiction expressed as a grasping, illogical lack of self-knowledge. There is nothing to be gained by bland, benighted subjectivity.

Art is a force of experience, and if it cannot be found within the culture, it must be brought forth.

Walls Within Walls

Defy the norms.

The creator influences, the culture establishes.  The only outcome of a sealed system is decay.

Repute and Noise

It is the work that moves the artist.

The ego and the persona, these are indifferent things.

Sense, Cognition, Being

Perception informs consciousness, and perspective is developed through sensory information.

The self-evident simplicity of understanding and acting in the world is taken for granted, as is the fact that music is a form of communication and expression.

But there is far more, beginning with the idea that sounds may be composed in forms of a completely different nature than the music that commonly influences viewpoint and attitude, and conceivably such forms may alter consciousness over time in profound ways.

Past Party City

Observe that rhythmic sounds are typically of short duration.

These are expected in music, with longer compositions lasting a number of minutes, briefly engaging the listener's attention.  Consider, then, the prolonged rhythms of sound as they evolve over time, between morning and night, and over years.  These, too, can be made manifest in compositions and recordings, but they are rhythms as a manifestation of sounds other than those given to be musical.

Waves, Currents, Tides

Fill the environment with sounds as if they were works and objects of art.

None of the common attributes of music are necessary, only sounds filling a spectrum of aesthetic beauty, and variations in density thereof.

Unexpect

A voice in the crowd says, "Time claims everything."

The voice inside my head says, "...except the timeless", and, clearly, is not impressed.

New Ground

Accept the status quo and accept absurdity.

The artist explores, discovers, and reveals, or there is no art.

Appearances and Evolving Attitudes

Cultural conditions limit, as well as enhance, creative consciousness and conduct.

Where there is no receptivity for artistic endeavor, the culture stagnates; if conditions change, the palette of the artist increases, with unpredictable, yet significant, outcomes.