Comments on: Sound is golden http://jordanmccollum.com/2010/04/writing-senses-sound/ mysteries to fall in love with, romance to keep you in suspense Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:09:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Barbara Sachs http://jordanmccollum.com/2010/04/writing-senses-sound/#comment-2976 Barbara Sachs Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:39:41 +0000 http://jordanmccollum.com/?p=2372#comment-2976 You ask us what do we think? It surprises me that Buddha uses the mind as a sixth sense. So it's a new challenge to turn off expectation and memory and be -- through all of these sensual experiences. Barbara S You ask us what do we think? It surprises me that Buddha uses the mind as a sixth sense. So it’s a new challenge to
turn off expectation and memory and be — through all of these sensual experiences. Barbara S

]]> By: Jordan http://jordanmccollum.com/2010/04/writing-senses-sound/#comment-2831 Jordan Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:26:54 +0000 http://jordanmccollum.com/?p=2372#comment-2831 Oh! Something else just occurred to me: <strong>Think about what you can convey through sound</strong>. I'm sitting safely inside my house right now, but the wind chimes on my front porch are tinkling up a storm. That conveys the setting—and the weather right now—actively, rather than just saying "The wind is blowing" or a clichéd use of sight to convey wind. Oh! Something else just occurred to me:

Think about what you can convey through sound. I’m sitting safely inside my house right now, but the wind chimes on my front porch are tinkling up a storm. That conveys the setting—and the weather right now—actively, rather than just saying “The wind is blowing” or a clichéd use of sight to convey wind.

]]> By: Jordan http://jordanmccollum.com/2010/04/writing-senses-sound/#comment-2830 Jordan Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:22:12 +0000 http://jordanmccollum.com/?p=2372#comment-2830 Indeed. LOL. Indeed.

LOL.

]]> By: Iapetus999 http://jordanmccollum.com/2010/04/writing-senses-sound/#comment-2829 Iapetus999 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:19:52 +0000 http://jordanmccollum.com/?p=2372#comment-2829 I didn't mean to say that sound requires an experience. Sometimes a phone just rings. I'm just saying when description is used, think about the experience rather than the actual quality of the sound. If a phone rings in the woods, does anyone experience it? ;) I didn’t mean to say that sound requires an experience. Sometimes a phone just rings. I’m just saying when description is used, think about the experience rather than the actual quality of the sound.

If a phone rings in the woods, does anyone experience it?
;)

]]> By: Jordan http://jordanmccollum.com/2010/04/writing-senses-sound/#comment-2828 Jordan Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:10:00 +0000 http://jordanmccollum.com/?p=2372#comment-2828 Depends—which part of which movement of which piece of Bach's? And for that matter, which Bach? (Personally, I'd probably just say the common name of the piece, and stick with the famous ones.) I agree that we're generally better off describing the experience, but a lot of sound doesn't come with an experience, too. A phone ringing doesn't require elaborate description or (most of the time) emotional context—still a sound. Depends—which part of which movement of which piece of Bach’s? And for that matter, which Bach? (Personally, I’d probably just say the common name of the piece, and stick with the famous ones.)

I agree that we’re generally better off describing the experience, but a lot of sound doesn’t come with an experience, too. A phone ringing doesn’t require elaborate description or (most of the time) emotional context—still a sound.

]]>