Comments on: (Extra)ordinary sayings about sound #1

By: lawrence

lawrence — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 16:20:58 +0000

Thanks Yisa, I was thinking about something Cageian plus the strategy employed by YU Shicun 余世存 in his book Fei Chang Dao 非常道 (Extraordinary Sayings). Excerpts of this book have been translated by Roland Soong of ESWN, you can read them here (part 1) and here (part 2).

“Reportage in a Chinese context”, well, that’s exactly what I try to achieve with GNO.

By: Du Yisa

Du Yisa — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 15:14:14 +0000

Hi Big L

This post takes your blog in a new and interesting direction. It’s still a form of reportage in a Chinese context, but an interesting first step away from your usual listing & commentary on intentionaly constructed events.

I like it & will check for more.

Regards

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:11:17 +0000

Scientific research shows that we dedicate more neurological recruitment to processing auditory sensory input that any other known activity undertaken by the brain. The brain is telling us that sound is important to our lives, and our understanding of the world. However, ‘pre-processing’ in the ear and auditory nerve and the lower brain habituate us to stimuli. Interestingly, it required weeks for Pavolov’s lab to condition the reflexes of dogs, but when the lab flooded, it took only one night to remove conditioning. http://www.gnuzworx.com