On Wensday evening i had to present at the art salon, which is when all the students in independent studies through the art department present their projects so far and receive feedback which is also intended to create conversation between artists. One of the projects really intrigued me. It was an abstract photography project done by a senior who was majoring in composition and a minor in studio art. Basically he created images and developed them by the different sound frequencies created by a speaker. Each image was completely different from the next, and drastically different if it was created with a different sound frequency. The images were different but beautiful. You were viewing sound waves and energy through patterns and shapes. I was thinking, if you can create images by sound frequencies, can that be done for other strong forces in our universe that are not originally experienced by the eye? Such as, if you follow the belief that everything in our universe is interconnected in some way as different energy forces than even thoughts are connected to the physical world and everything will influence and react to each other to some degree. Because everything is so interconnected, i think of thoughts as a form of energy in our universe, just like if your around someone who is really angry or super happy, even without them telling you you can "feel" it. So if you can feel this energy, especially strong thoughts and emotions then why can't something else pick that up as well like sound frequency was able to be captured on a photograph? wouldn't that be fascinating if you could capture beliefs as actual images! We always use symbols to represent certain beliefs and historical evidence of these beliefs, but what if the images were created by the energy forces creating those beliefs.
It would give a whole new meaning to 'looking' around you for what you believe in.
http://www.thisbydonkey.blogspot.com/ sam's post on how water will freeze differently depending on how its spoken to is not exactly the same thing i'm talking about here but it supports my idea of how everything in the world is connected and will somehow effect each other. even energy and emotions to the physical world.
Hey Ali,
ReplyDeleteThis is fantastic, truly. Your point that everything is interconnected and that the force that connects us all is supernatural is absolutely true. We all "feel". And the sooner everyone realizes that we "feel" anger,sadness, joy, etc. together, the better the world will be. Well done :-)
I would love to see what beliefs actually physically look like. To have a religious belief or any emotion for that matter dissected to the point of absolute biology and physics is absolutely fascinating. Two questions: Would this render previous religious symbols useless? Or would they serve a different purpose at all?
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ReplyDeleteawesome post ali! love the idea ... it would be so cool if you could take a picture of what you believe in personally- even within a certain religion you would see didn't colors and configurations depending on individualist beliefs within each community... you're making the wheels in my mind turn and I love it :) lol
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! I think capturing beliefs in a visible form such as this could add an entirely new dimension to relgious symbolism. Belief is so often portrayed through symbols and art, to actually see it as a feeling would be amazing.
ReplyDeleteOne really cool thing is that the universe is actually vibrating. I don't remember the exact number, but it creates a wave every 200 years i think.
ReplyDeleteAlso, my mom is combination of a Buddhist and Taoist and one of the cool things she talks about his how the structure of frozen water changes when talked to differently before freezing. it was Masaru Emoto who came up with this experiment. I'm going to post the video on my blog, but you should take a look at it. I love the post!
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I'm not sure we would be capturing beliefs so much as emotional responses and feelings. And perhaps we use beliefs as ways to symbolize that raw underlying data??
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