The following poem was written using words spoken during a lecture.
Interaction
Choose another assembly
One inherent, overt–
Big as a bed, cars on top of cars–
In that manner pursue total chaos.
Four hands, four degrees
Absolute destruction
white space
not yours. Interesting spatial
totem pole. Interesting?
I don’t know
What to say? Form sculpture
in front of you. Criteria?
Unrealistic rendering, scale abstraction
No purpose, adjacencies
Five moves = composition.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
The Artist and Music Mind Disease
I am inflicted with a rare disease known as Music Mind Disorder or MMD. It is also sometimes referred to as radiohead (not to be confused with the band, though they may have been referencing the disorder when they chose their name). People with MMD are usually able to function in normal society, but often annoy those around them.
What is Music Mind Disorder?
You have probably experienced MMD to some degree. Have you ever had a song stuck in your head, or had a song pop into your head when someone said something or did something? This is what MMD is like, only the person suffering from MMD experiences this all day long, all the time. Sometimes these people cannot help but breakout into song or they get distracted and do not hear what someone is saying to them. Let me give you an example, take the sentence, "Imagine all the hard work it took to make this". A sufferer of MMD experiences the sentence like this: "Imagine all the (people [John Lenin tune playing in their head]) hard (day's night and I've been . . .[Beatle's tune playing]) work (9 to 5 [Dolly Parton] or on the chain gang [Sam Cooke], depending) it took to make this."
You can see how this would be distracting and perceived as insensitive if the MMD sufferer began singing these songs while the other person was speaking.
MMD and Sampling
One of the worse things to happen to sufferers of MMD is the use of sampling in songs. Instead of just having Super Freak going through their heads they also have U Can't Touch This. A friend of mine (who I met through an MMD support group) was driven temporarily insane when Under Pressure and Ice Ice Baby started going in his head.
A Cure?
Traditionally the only relief for this malady has been to listen to the inflicting song in its entirety, or pass it on to someone else, or to sing. Recently psychologist have been experimenting with extracting these songs by transferring them to another medium such as painting or sculpture. It has yet to be seen if this method will be successful.
What is Music Mind Disorder?
You have probably experienced MMD to some degree. Have you ever had a song stuck in your head, or had a song pop into your head when someone said something or did something? This is what MMD is like, only the person suffering from MMD experiences this all day long, all the time. Sometimes these people cannot help but breakout into song or they get distracted and do not hear what someone is saying to them. Let me give you an example, take the sentence, "Imagine all the hard work it took to make this". A sufferer of MMD experiences the sentence like this: "Imagine all the (people [John Lenin tune playing in their head]) hard (day's night and I've been . . .[Beatle's tune playing]) work (9 to 5 [Dolly Parton] or on the chain gang [Sam Cooke], depending) it took to make this."
You can see how this would be distracting and perceived as insensitive if the MMD sufferer began singing these songs while the other person was speaking.
MMD and Sampling
One of the worse things to happen to sufferers of MMD is the use of sampling in songs. Instead of just having Super Freak going through their heads they also have U Can't Touch This. A friend of mine (who I met through an MMD support group) was driven temporarily insane when Under Pressure and Ice Ice Baby started going in his head.
A Cure?
Traditionally the only relief for this malady has been to listen to the inflicting song in its entirety, or pass it on to someone else, or to sing. Recently psychologist have been experimenting with extracting these songs by transferring them to another medium such as painting or sculpture. It has yet to be seen if this method will be successful.
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