I don't know about Alan, but I came to terms with mine on Bob Dylan's 29th
birthday.
PK
At 09:12 AM 05/24/2000 -0700, Rod wrote from the pool in his driveway:
>So, Alan:
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>Have you yet come to terms with your sound/music dilemma?
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>FLUXLIST: Mesostic (with lots of wingwords!) for Alan
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> From
> Rod Stasick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date
> Sun, 30 Apr 2000 10:23:20 -0700 (PDT)
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>i've found thAt the term "music" usuaLly refers
>to, simply, the ordering of sound. people will
>heAr orgaNization in their own personal way -
>some limited to song structure while others hear
>more complexities or simplicities.
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>concerning your "convincing" others: i've found
>that just By engaging Oneself in an enjoyable
>activity (Without harM to others) will sometimes
>pique outsider interest. if thAt persoN wAnts to
>know more, then ideas are proffered and shared
>(this may indicate that the person asking is of a
>curious nature - possibLy more open to
>difference). i've found thAt "coNvincing" (with
>the idea of changing another's mind) generally
>does more harm than good or at Best changes
>little.
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>listening by the rOadside is a Wonderful
>"probleM" to hAve. i wish all of our world
>problems were of this character.
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>when it comes to "humaN interAction", not aLl
>instruments need to be touched by sentient beings
>to be Activated (theremiN, singing telegraph
>wires, et al), But there needs tO be a sentient
>being there for perception. existence relies on
>the elements of interactivity - vibrations occur
>and an ear, for example, vibrates in response and
>We call it "sound" - with no typanuM, pArt of the
>souNd equAtion is gone. the rainbow equation is
>incompLete if either the sun, moisture or
>perceiver is missing in this trinity.
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>the sound/silence question - sounds thAt oNe's
>not cognizant of or sounds not considered to Be
>part Of the perceived event are considered
>"silent", but this is just a matter of
>"intention" on the listeners part. possibly, if
>one starts their day by sitting and listening
>until a sound is heard that Was never noticed
>before then possibly a slow conversion could take
>place (this could be done for all the senses if
>one wished to develop those areas.) it's kind of
>like using a new word in a sentence each day in
>order to strengthen your vocabulary - you're
>strengthening your "sense" vocabulary.
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>i don't want to take you away froM books tho - i
>know you sAid that you have a bit of a time with
>ceNtering, but cAge's "siLence" doesn't need to
>be reAd all at oNe sitting and it's not a
>difficult read at all (sheeze, i read it when i
>was 9 - how difficult could it Be?). i dOn't knoW
>if i was of any help, but you did ask for
>opinions and possibly all of us would like to
>know how you're progressing with Much of these
>"sound" ideAs that you're haviNg.
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>best,
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>rod
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