some suggested music and processes to explore

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15.Charlie Byrd album of Antonio Carlos Jobim pieces-the Byrd album with full band-Byrd wa aVirginia boy gone global-he played guitar

16. Jim Hall-Concierto de Aranjuez-1975Hall takes this 1939 orchestral concerto and flavors it withjazz-Rodrigo is the original composer; a blind pianist from Spain. Go to YouTubeit is 19:19

minutes. See the blue-hued stone Mayan/Aztec/Toltec icon/face? Here it is

Sit in an open window at sunsetlooking at that sunset through your closed eyelidsLISTEN

DEEPLY-no distractionscontemplate the energies.. this piece of cosmic aural manna stirs the

effluvium from the soul, like a septic tank pump

Personnel-

Jim Hall-guitar

Ron Carter-bass

Paul Desmond-alto sax

Chet Baker-trumpet

Roland Hanna-piano

Steve Gadd-drum set

There is a world of music to experience-choose for yourself. I find the calming music to help with

easing pain perceptions. Music near the heart rhythm, or just under the heart bpm-beats per

minute. Check your pulse rate with a watch. Then, check the music with a watch or

metronomecompare.

Be careful : you may not want to drink two cups of coffee, then listen to David Grisman Quintet-

Positively Mutating your listening processes-

When you listen, gauge how you feel. Where is the music taking your emotions? What are your

impressions?


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Here are a couple of songs to listen to:

1. Brass in the Pocket-The Pretendersthe character singing is a waitress on the YouTube video-can you imagine her as a lady working her night shift ? How does this change the dynamic?

2. Rainy Night in Georgia-the Conway Twitty and Sam Moore version-ummmmm!

3. ( Youll Never Find) Another Love LikeMine-Lou Rawls: it is a love song-what if you pretend for amoment that it is Christ singing the wordshow does this change the dynamic of the song?

4. Jim Croce-Lovers Cross-another love songWhat if you imagine Christ is singing this song to

Mary, His human side speaking?

5. Go on You-tube and just explore-start out with a favorite songlet it trigger the jump to thenext favorite songgo onthis is your memory process at work-subconsciously guiding you

along this listening experience-try this also with booksjust read ten-twenty pagesmark your

placego to next bookcontemplate how casual connections may arise. What do these casual

connections mean to you personally?

Considerations:

Does memory trigger episodic memories? Certain music pieces in our individual memories trigger

time/place/events, taking us back to when we first heard the piece- a favorite song or piece, perhaps?

Certain specific timbre-pitch-durations and repetitions evoke emotional responses-can this be fromprimordial genetic encoding?

Screams-warning sounds-high pitched bird sounds-low growls-sudden piercing sounds-

Experiment: tape some birdscrows, doves, mockingbirdsspeed up and slow down your recording.

What do these mutated sounds suggest to you? You can do this with other sound as well. Oliver

Messiaen composed works based on bird songs-

Dualism of Memory- we remember good/bad, pleasant and unpleasant aspects of people, events, andsituations. How do we reconcile and re-examine these memory aspects?

This valuation process includes attitude change, new perspectives, fresh approaches, new insights-

Carl Jung saidthere is no good or badmerely the known and unknown.

Personal negative re-collective memories include guilt-shame-rage-remorse-loathing-regret-

persecution-inadequacy-doubt


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The creative artistic process, using words and or music, can help you explore these mixed feelings,

emotionally, by harmony, texture, timbre, rhythm,: these can help you to explore resolution, by

presenting you with the feelings; not personally judging the issue, but by you using the tone of memory

to compare ( and share with others?) the universality of human feelings.

My formula-

1. Pray/meditate2. Play3. Listen4. Write5. Read6. Analyze7. Synthesize-assimilate-paraphrase ideas within the context of your own experiences8. Practice writing with both hands at once, in mirror image, backwards and forewards9. Take a tip from Salvador Dali: he would lie napping on a couchholding a spoon in his

handwhen he reached that hypnagogic state, his hand would relax and he would drop the

spoonthe noise would awaken himand he would write down his images.limp clocks, etc.

I feel these processes can help in all art and creation-mimic the Creator, for whom She/He knows

themselves to be, not who you think the Creator to be. Admit imagination is only a starting point in

comprehension of the omni-present benevolent ONE. By mimicking the Creation- ( of yourself and

your artyou are your artthe CONYACH), you honor the Creator-

A Frenchman once said that speech/talking is the art of Concealing thoughtsspeech/talk suspends and

stifles thoughtso there may be no thoughts to conceal.

Listento everythingbird-song, animals, little babies voices, the sounds of the natural worldpoetry

and music-inside of you and outside of you-then contemplate in your secret space, which is everywhere

you are, the internal silencethe eternal silenceyou will hear itthe silent voices of the quiet Conflux

of Eternities.

Copyright 2012-by W.H.Hartsock-all rights reserved

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