MCINTYRE@MSUPA.BITNET (02/05/90)
This is not a flame, please take no offense. But every once in a while, I am compelled to just say No. Friday R_GELINA said "music is the one art form that would not exist without time, more specifically the movement of time." My quarrel is with the phrase "the one art form". There are others; drama being an obvious counter-example. John McIntyre Physics - Astronomy Dept Michigan State University
R_GELINA@UNHH.BITNET (02/06/90)
J.Mcintyre: What I meant by saying that music is the one art form that depends on time is this: Music is wholly dependant, AT IT'S CORE, on the movement of time. Now obviously we as humans cannot be released from the movement of time, a nd so, yes, other art forms such as drama do "move" in time. But I think other art forms are not time-oriented, as music is (although some modernist art, such as a funnel steadily dripping water, are dependant on, and are pointing to, the movement of time). I think maybe the word "one" may imply too much; what I meant was that music is THE art form that ALWAYS depends on time, and cannot escape it's grasp without ceasing to be music. Other art forms may act in similar ways at times, but again I don't believe it is at their core. I hope this makes sense......... HD
ST402711@BROWNVM.BITNET (Tim Johnson) (02/06/90)
I would say that literature also requires time. While it in itself exists without time, its appreciation requires sequence and time. It is an inherent part of literature in the same exact way sequence and time are an inherent part of literature. -Tim
ST402711@BROWNVM.BITNET (Tim Johnson) (02/06/90)
>I would say that literature also requires time. While it >in itself exists without time, its appreciation requires >sequence and time. It is an inherent part of literature >in the same exact way sequence and time are an inherent >part of literature. > -Tim Whoops - should read "same exact way sequence and time are an inherent part of MUSIC" Sorry. Fingers outraced my brain. -T
SEG92@GENESEO.BITNET (the Talking Drum) (02/06/90)
HD: Nice work socrates. No, really I like it. --Talking drum