Re: [microsound] Re: Expectation in music

[Dale Lloyd <dkl37@xxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 16 Sep 2000 23:49:52 +0200 Terje =?iso-8859-1?Q?Ids=F8?=
<terje.idsoe@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Dale Lloyd wrote:
>  > I must also
> > say and reiterate that it IS possible to listen to music without
> > expections.
> 
> I'm sorry, but, no -- how could this be? How can anything be met 
> without any
> expectations what so ever? If you listen to a record that you don't 
> think
> you'll care about, the expectation of not caring will be involved. 
> If you
> listen to a blank CD, of which content you know nothing about, 
> expectations
> will occur as soon as the first couple of (milli)seconds fly out of 
> your
> speakers. And even the expectation of listening to something you know
> nothing about will unavoidably fill your mind with preconceived 
> notions of
> what this soon-to-be will be like.
> 
> Expectation is at the very heart of experience, and even when you 
> might
> think expectations are not there, they most certainly are. The 
> meeting of
> something without an expecatation (in whatever shape or form) implies
> unconsciousness, and most humans are conscious.
> 
> /Øivind/
What you just described is what YOU experience but is not what everyone
experiences.
Expectation is a given for many things that humans do BUT it doesn't have
to be at the heart of every experience. I know it's possible because I
live it every day. I can't and don't EXPECT (ha) you to understand that.
It's all about experiencing without thinking about what your
experiencing. We did it as children. It's what Buddhists call
"mindfulness." You can respond to stimuli without thinking about it. You
can do things without getting opinions or ego involved. It's actually
very liberating. Cheers, Dale
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