Comments on: On a Falling Tree

By: aFrankAngle

aFrankAngle — Sun, 06 May 2012 00:10:02 +0000

Kellie,
Pragmatic my friend, pragmatic. Meanwhile, I couldn’t resist this. Thanks for visiting.

By: Kellie Kennedy

Kellie Kennedy — Sat, 05 May 2012 23:40:19 +0000

oh you are one smart cookie my friend. I LOVE the clapper!

By: aFrankAngle

aFrankAngle — Fri, 04 May 2012 00:04:15 +0000

Robin,
Many thanks. Interestingly, you aren’t the only one who stated they enjoyed the music. Thanks for visiting.

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 03 May 2012 20:01:17 +0000

Nicely reasoned. Enjoyed the music too.

By: aFrankAngle

aFrankAngle — Thu, 03 May 2012 00:49:09 +0000

Lynn,
Interesting thoughts from John Cage. Thanks for supplying the good supplements.

By: composerinthegarden

composerinthegarden — Wed, 02 May 2012 18:30:49 +0000

Ah, the difference between the science of sound and the perception of it. Though, assuming that we don’t live in a vacuum, it is highly likely that every sound vibration is perceived by something, whether the perceiver is human or not. We know that plants respond to music even if they don’t have hearing apparatus in the human sense. I tend to think of John Cage’s preoccupation with “silence” which of course was about the fact that there really is no silence in the physical world, merely selective attention. Great post, Frank.

By: aFrankAngle

aFrankAngle — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:05:01 +0000

That’s ok … I knew what you meant.

By: El Guapo

El Guapo — Wed, 02 May 2012 11:41:39 +0000

Oops – sorry for responding to the wrong comment. Darn phone…

By: aFrankAngle

aFrankAngle — Wed, 02 May 2012 11:40:01 +0000

Very good!

By: El Guapo

El Guapo — Wed, 02 May 2012 11:39:28 +0000

I believe he was the only speaker in Mel Brooks’ Silent Movie

By: aFrankAngle

aFrankAngle — Wed, 02 May 2012 10:52:32 +0000

John,
Although she wasn’t as explicit as Randel and you, Mags was on the same wavelength … which could hurt her reputation. Great examples though! …. and I’m not surprised you remembered his car! Thanks for sharing.

By: aFrankAngle

aFrankAngle — Wed, 02 May 2012 10:41:15 +0000

Guapo,
Glad you enjoyed this. Now about that mime, did you know the great Marcel Marceau once had a spoken line in a movie. Meanwhile, why is he listed here for his great quotes? Thanks for visiting. http://thinkexist.com/quotation/music_and_silence_combine_strongly_because_music/215659.html

By: El Guapo

El Guapo — Wed, 02 May 2012 02:30:33 +0000

Excellent well thought out and written post, Frank.
I think the more important question is “if a tree falls on a mime does he make a sound?”

By: John Erickson

John Erickson — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:46:29 +0000

Dang, Randel got my answer – sort of. I worked with a deaf fellow, who could regain some hearing ability through bone transduction hearing aids. (Vibrates the head to get to the nerves, getting around damaged eardrums, which he lost to a childhood illness). Even without the aids, he could hear via the vibrations, especially in his car, which he had equipped with a massively powerful system.
Although I guess you could add the old “What if the person hearing the sound wasn’t listening?” (Something we married guys are frequently accused of, right, Frank? )

By: aFrankAngle

aFrankAngle — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:28:26 +0000

You da man!

By: rich

rich — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:18:35 +0000

scientific. without a device to interpret the vibrations, there is no sound. they asked, “what about a tape recorder?” well, that’s a device. no device, no ear, no recorder, then no sound.

By: aFrankAngle

aFrankAngle — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:27:23 +0000

Nia,
It was a great addition … Thank You!!!

By: aFrankAngle

aFrankAngle — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:26:42 +0000

Consider it coincident that I happened to be signed in.