From: Valuemetaphysics@aol.com
Date: Sat Apr 24 2004 - 01:07:56 BST
In a message dated 4/23/04 10:13:34 PM GMT Daylight Time, jhmau@sbcglobal.net
writes:
> When I was learning close-order drill in basic training in the army after
> being drafted, I was worried. I kept dropping my rifle and had to do push
> ups for plunishment. My drill instructor informed me that my body would
> learn the maneuvers after practicing. I graduated from basic training.
>
Hello Joe,
I find this interesting. Please forgive me if i don't follow up your wish to
analyse David M's goal at this moment?
A nephew of mine recently joined the British Air Force. He went off to do his
basic training, and came away with a passing out video of his ceremony upon
completion.
Here he was, a boy, wearing an ill fitting uniform, handling a riffle too
heavy for his years, basking in the pride of his parents, and a ceremony
conferring social status. My nephew has more social status now than i think i may ever
attain?
While watching the passing out ceremony, (and being the weird one of the
family who doesn't ever seem to enjoy these occasions as much as he is expected
to), i focused in on the square bashing and music. I remembered the Ancient
Greeks, possibly the Spartans, were directed in battle by a musician who,
'Orchestrated' battle moves from a vantage point at the rear.
Discipline. Rhythm. Beats. Order. Ceremony. Repetition. Conformity.
Authority. Lines. Pride. Display. March. Status. Uniform. Rank.
It's all biological and social patterning?
It's raw Social coherence.
Music is so Dynamic and yet here it is crystallised into a particle aspect?
One of the tunes played by the brass band was, 'Those magnificent men in
their flying machines.' That bass drum kicks! That rhythm is so tight. It grabs
hold of you and locks you in.
The professionalism of the musicians; horns contorting the wobbling motion of
the inexperienced aviator just as effectively as Schubert ever connoted the
Trout? These guys may not be the most savage fighters, but the army demands of
them discipline and skill to order time and space for the ranks - that
wobbling aircraft wobbles in perfect time, it's just the notes that give you that
impression, never the timing!
That's the extent of the Skill.
And when it is presented before the enemy, the enemy dies.
Mark.
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