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Music Concept
In construction, I'll add more observations as they come to me. Input from all are welcome- instrumentatio
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Because it merits reposting.
Also, I'm thinking of a making a new wiki for people to add to that lists what sorts of things in music imply different things to different people. In other words, such and such in music gives the music a sad feeling. Such elements could be rhythm, instrumentatio
Because I know iippo will love: http://video.s
I like watching Kura's Color Contest. No particular reason, but it provides a nice prompt for me to at least consider for the next Terragen piece. Not sure what I could do with 'white' though. Snow, perhaps, but that's never been a strong point, and more importantly no particular image idea comes to mind for me to use to work on it. It did get me thinking, though, about if music has colors. Can a piece be predominantly white? And if so, is it white to everyone? And how does this question relate to that silly idea of 'is my red someone else's green?' :P
On the other hand, my lack of productiveness is getting to me. I figured it would when the time is right. I spend a lot of my life waiting for the right time. It's served me well so far. My brother keeps mentioning to me that I ought to be spending the summer composing if I plan on being a composer. Easy to say, but how the heck does one do that? I have no freaking idea how to go about practicing composition. I keep waiting for a class that actually teaches composition, but I get the idea that by the time I get there it'll be expected that I have a lot of experience in the field already.
To make matters worse, there are all sorts of these teenagers who are outdoing me before they're even out of high school. I certainly don't know how they do it. But I'm compared to them automatically, since there are few enough composers as it is. I don't know what the heck to do about my situation. It's like, I missed the boat or something, and now I'm stuck -.-
Elysium
In verdant forests and flowered fields
Under the vast celestial sky,
In contentment and sleep’s sweet appeals,
There the blessed dead lie.
In the world above, the realm of the living,
Great deeds won great fame and wealth.
In endless toil were these men their efforts giving,
Searching for happiness and good health.
In the springs of fame they sought to quench their thirst.
Instead they drowned in their ambition and desire.
The more they drank, the more they drowned, yet never sated.
Now content in Elysium, peace and serenity come first.
The men of Elysium have learned to quench their fire.
In the Elysian Fields lie the blessed, happy dead.
You can do anything at Zombocom. The only limit is yourself. You will always be welcome at Zombocom. This is Zombocom: http://www.zom
Taking suggestions for new Terragen picture. Current ideas I'm considering:
Solar Sea (:o Abstract?!)
Neverland (not likely, my last attempt at a boat model did not work out well)
Above the Clouds (visual rendition this time! Greater than or equal to the musical version!)
Render completed: http://aradon-
Number of hours spent rendering: could very well be 666.
Interesting bit of text I was just reading, I thought I'd write something down as it applies to me. I was reading a book about cult activity in Corinth in Late Antiquity (around 600 BC) by Richard M. Rothaus. It was discussing the influence of Christianity for a moment, and said, "As the church slowly assumed the obligations of social relief and even public works, it and its leaders became increasingly important to the people and the city."
This struck me as interesting, because it shows a transfer of responsibility of public care from the government to another institution. I've always thought that public care should be the people's job, to take care of themselves and those around them. Here it's another institution that's taking that job, but it made me think. The US government seems to be fighting for the responsibility of taking care of the public, almost like it's in fear of losing the job that people really care about. If the US government stopped providing social security and welfare programs, would it be devalued in the populace's eyes? Probably.
If the church grew as a result of this and took over social care, would it eventually replace the governmental institution, and give rise to a theocracy? Probably not, I'd bet. But it seems that is how Christianity spread and became so influential. The next thought is one of strange irony. By caring for the populace, you gain access to greater authority, and eventually become exposed to corruption. So through kindness an institution became corrupt.
My curiosity is that if the government stopped welfare programs and people picked up the duty on a local, individual scale (i.e. "My neighbor is sick and can't work, I should make some dinners for them and give them a bit of cash, since I'm doing well"), well, the people can't all rise to power simultaneously
The other possibility would be that everyone takes on this altruistic nature, which would imply that government is hardly needed. All that would be required of it would be to provide defense from outside forces and an order-keeping system for interior stability (i.e. army and police force). If initiative on a local scale is great enough, then the populace could form local militia, and a loose coalition in the event of a large scale invasion.
This last idea seems kind of ideal and weak, and overall unlikely. It's merely my musings. There would need to be an overarcing governing body declaring unifying laws for commerce between local districts and such, but such a national body would be largely diminished.
Pointless musings, but fairly interesting to consider.
Dude. Portal, in 2D flash. All it's missing (besides a third dimension and sexy graphics) is GLaDOS.
http://armorga
Interesting link for those who view lots of images on their browser. It's a plugin that works with several major browsers, and it will allow you to view many images at once. Interesting link to check out, works on dA too: http://www.pic
Templar is most unhappy now >.>
Computer froze up for no good reason this afternoon. My Terragen render was at almost 160 hours, and I even had it on pause at the time so as to not cause memory issues. I had been periodically freeing up memory as well. But the computer froze, and despite my best efforts, I had to force a reboot. In other words, the uber render will be another week and a half in coming. Sorry to disappoint -.-
Bah. Reading Sinfest (whilst very, very amusing) makes me wish I had friends to do things with.
Or maybe it's that I haven't been playing GW that I realized I don't have fun with friends.
:o Maybe I'm doing that 'growing up' thing that Silvie was talking about.
Scary.
Final Fantasy meets Dead or Alive in choreographed battle :)
(You will probably not enjoy if you're not a fan of FF, but I liked very much, and choreography is good anyways.)
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