Last week was very relaxed, with just a few thoughts on goodness and how we judge it, particularly in the context of dancing with a partner (see The Complexity of Goodness: Musicality Book Club, Week 6). This week I felt much more intellectually engaged with Bridge of Waves. Chapter 6, Music as Story, delves into […] Read more…
This week we’re on Chapter 6 of Bridge of Waves: Music as Life. Only the second page into this chapter and I let out a big sigh. How many arguments have I listened to in which dancers have insisted that because dance is a form of self-expression anything goes and nothing is bad or wrong? […] Read more…
Over the past two weeks, we’ve read some of Mathieu’s thoughts on Music as Mind and Music as Heart. We’re now on Chapter 5, Feeling Mind, Thinking Heart, of Bridge of Waves: What Music Is and How Listening to It Changes the World. This chapter touches on one of the most heated ongoing debates in […] Read more…
As we move past the heaviest chapter of Bridge of Waves thus far (Music as Mind) and now meditate on Music as Heart, it seems quite fitting that I am now experiencing a compelling need and desire for rest. This chapter has some wonderful thoughts about the feeling of leaving and returning home, and being […] Read more…
Last week, we delved into Music as Body (Chapter 1) in Bridge of Waves: What Music Is and How Listening to It Changes the World. Time for Chapter 2! This chapter, titled Music as Mind, discusses at length the philosophical, practical, and technical aspects of musical concepts like pulse, tone, meter, interval, scale, key, melody, […] Read more…