Have you stumbled across the YouTube video featuring Skunk Baxter presenting to a conference of engineers in which he reflects on how certain colors correspond to notes played on a guitar when they vibrate at higher frequencies? Maybe synesthesia is a response to these connections in the physical world, as well as being a phenomenon of human perception.
Hi Donald, I've not seen this video, but I'm going to watch it. One thing I find interesting is that the visible light spectrum is quite small in comparison to what we hear. Visible light is basically an octave, whereas we can hear 10 octaves. There is also an interesting tradition of colour organs. Something I would like to explore at some point... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_organ
Your friend's observation about the limited palette of plastic reminds me of my friend Derwyn Holder's comment: In the 1980s he said that because human beings (at least in the "modern" world) were accustomed to watching TV shows where the conflict resolves in 30 or 60 minutes, they were starting to expect the same timeframe in real life.
That's a fascinating idea; I had never thought of that. In Small is Beautiful, Schumacher talks about convergent and divergent problems (basically, solvable and unsolvable problems). If I remember correctly, the divergent problems were ones that you had to live through and did not have simple solutions. Certainly not issues that could be solved in 30-60 minutes.
Have you stumbled across the YouTube video featuring Skunk Baxter presenting to a conference of engineers in which he reflects on how certain colors correspond to notes played on a guitar when they vibrate at higher frequencies? Maybe synesthesia is a response to these connections in the physical world, as well as being a phenomenon of human perception.
Hi Donald, I've not seen this video, but I'm going to watch it. One thing I find interesting is that the visible light spectrum is quite small in comparison to what we hear. Visible light is basically an octave, whereas we can hear 10 octaves. There is also an interesting tradition of colour organs. Something I would like to explore at some point... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_organ
That's an intriguing way to think about light! I'll have to get that into a poem somehow. Thanks!
Your friend's observation about the limited palette of plastic reminds me of my friend Derwyn Holder's comment: In the 1980s he said that because human beings (at least in the "modern" world) were accustomed to watching TV shows where the conflict resolves in 30 or 60 minutes, they were starting to expect the same timeframe in real life.
That's a fascinating idea; I had never thought of that. In Small is Beautiful, Schumacher talks about convergent and divergent problems (basically, solvable and unsolvable problems). If I remember correctly, the divergent problems were ones that you had to live through and did not have simple solutions. Certainly not issues that could be solved in 30-60 minutes.
I’ve never thought about it as a “pseudo environment”, great observation. Enjoyed the post.
Thanks Scott.Yes, I like the phrase a lot. Lippmann coined it early in the 20-century; it seems he had a sense of where society was heading.
A lovely post, I enjoyed reading, thanks! 🙏
Thank you Mark!
So beautiful, interesting and true. Loved the audio of the Oyster Catchers 🩷🙏
Gracias! Y absolutamente, donde vives en España?
Ah, los picos, que bonitos! Seguro que ambos hemos ido a conciertos de Ensems.