From: MarshaV (marshalz@charter.net)
Date: Sat Apr 09 2005 - 12:05:34 BST
At 01:51 PM 4/8/2005 -0700, Joe wrote:
>Hi MarshaV and all,
>
>I want to focus on the two phrases 'I am discordant', and 'lost and found
>edges'. IMO I do not need another to tell me I am discordant, although I
>do need others to sing with. I find being discordant the root for morality
>in myself.
Hmmm. For me 'lost and found edges' are about relationship, not
necessarily morality. I'm not sure about morality. At some level it blurs
out of existence. MOQ represents, for me, a calling towards quality. What
do I want for myself, my family, my friends, all sentient beings, the
Earth? Quality. High Quality.
>In atonal music there is no acknowledged discord. Mark Maxwell suggested
>that the equal tempered tuned intonation possible on some music
>synthesizers has different qualities than instruments tuned by
>well-tempered tuned intonation to the 12 tone scale. I use this technical
>jargon to exemplify the movement from one note to the octave. There are
>seven steps in a musical octave. Harmony or discord depends on the steps
>sounded together. Morality is not just one note but a relationship. Do I
>know when I am immoral? How? There are steps from the inorganic to the
>organic, to the social, to the intellectual level.
I studied Classical guitar for a couple of years. But that was long ago
and far away. I remember very little musical theory. Certainly there are
situations when the right course of action is not always apparent. That I
can see would feel like discord. The four MOQ Levels appear to be a
logical method to help evaluate the situation and, hopefully, choose the
right course of action.
>I don't know how many 'edges' there are in painting. But your statement:
>"Even the phrase 'lost and found edges' I find represents both painting
>and life" indicates at least a pattern for a mode of behavior.
In some way lost and found edges has more to do with life experiences. How
things come in and out of focus. What gets my attention. More often, then
not, there is little morality involved. Life happens. But I've removed
myself for the culture as much as I can. I quit my job to paint. I live
in a cottage on a lake. I've trimmed my desire to just a few. My most
interesting choices have to do with color preference and those lost & found
edges.
In painting, an artist can choose to guide the eye of the view using lost
and found edges. The eye tends to go towards hard edges. If I want the
viewer to see the beauty of the jaw line, I can help that along by a using
a hard edge. The edges of less importance I can soften, sometimes out of
existence. Soft edges can also harden adjacent edges by contrast. Look
here. Don't look there.
There are edges created within an inner life. There are edges created
within an outer life. There are also edges created between an inner life
and the outer life. There are soft edges and hard edges, and I'm learning
to just observe them. Control is not really necessary. I am the viewer.
Edges are created when clusters of static quality bump against each
other. At least that is how I have been seeing it lately.
Of course I have my pet peeves: war, greed and powerful, dysfunctional
religions. I suspect these peeves just sharpen the hard edges. That's not
a good thing to do.
And then there is the wonder of texture......
By the way, I created for myself, and some friends, a CD with 19 different
versions of 'The Rainbow Connection': punk, rock, Hawaiian, barbershop
harmony, and a variety of beautiful voices. It will heal whatever ails you.
Marsha
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