Re: [microsound] caps & !!!!'s

["je_t'aime@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <je_t'aime@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>...my goal is to focus on ideas (thereby
>>stripping away emotion) until my work has as much emotion as a calculus
>>textbook...
>
> Many interesting points are being raised in these latest threads
> about the future/content/spirituality of music (thanks all!), but
> this statement particularly caught my attention...

human intentionality is too small to accomplish the creation of true art.

the truly sincere singer-songwriter's willful expressions provoke only
embarassment in the listener.
the direct attempt to render a particular emotional effect is usually
the least sucessful means to invoke that effect.

by indirect means --- focus on the materials, or form, or practice -- the
possibility occurs for emotional resonance to occur of its own accord....a
resonance greater than the any individual's tiny emotional sphere.

when dealing with large phenomenae -- such as the creation of an
emotional experience in a large number of unknown persons, at a distance --
large tools are required. human volition doesn't fit the bill.

a better approach : a spacecraft can use the gravitational field of a
distant planet to change its course, or gain velocity. by precise
calculation, distant influences are indirectly transformed into power.