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Re: What you spozed to do, what it wants to say

Author: Tony Pay ★2017
Date: 2014-05-19 22:59

The important point, and it's easily missed by any of us, is that in:

"...the world at any moment can be seen to consist either of objects subject to laws of motion, or instead to consist of communicating entities and their communications."

...the words, 'at any moment' are crucial.

When you're developing tools, as in what you write above, consideration of objects subject to laws of motion can be crucial.

But when you're performing, consideration of what the music wants to communicate are more important.

I myself find that I operate in both modes as I perform, but I think it important always to ground myself in the second.

Occasionally, I do find myself exclusively in the second -- but that's a rare blessing.

A long time ago, I wrote something extended about all of this. It was apropos how we may bring up our children; the idea was to draw an analogy between 'non-coercive parenting' and musical performance, drawing heavily on Bateson's ideas. I may repost it here under another heading.

Tony

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