tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000342.post6648380121811679830..comments2023-11-02T15:20:39.076+00:00Comments on John Soanes (Archived Blog): Was It Debussy Or Stravinsky Who Said That Music Occurred In The Spaces Between The Notes?John Soaneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10412988669030237101noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000342.post-9311214465741032412009-05-27T22:43:18.158+01:002009-05-27T22:43:18.158+01:00Synaesthesia is, I dare say, sometimes a blessing ...Synaesthesia is, I dare say, sometimes a blessing and sometimes a curse.<br /><br />I must tell you at some point about my personal experience of temporal lobe epilepsy. It's a whole blog post's worth, if not a book. <br /><br />I didn't <I>mean</I> to be smart with the colour thing but it was a way of expressing my point. It's a super moment, isn't it? The 'aha' moment, the sudden realisation, the euphoria.<br /><br />Samadhi, almost, I guess. I'm no Zen practitioner.<br /><br />I also live for those little 'connection' moments where the blocks of a story slide into place and unexpected pictures suddenly appear.laurence timmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366127170754753612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000342.post-5919583360201652872009-05-27T16:21:35.458+01:002009-05-27T16:21:35.458+01:00Laurence, your use of the words 'colour' and 'gold...Laurence, your use of the words 'colour' and 'golden' made me think of those people who have (I almost write "suffer from", which may not be appropriate at all) synaesthesia, and that rang a bell... and a quick Google suggests that notre ami Claude may have been synaesthetic. Don't know if this was deliberate, but I suspect so, you crafty chap, you.<br />But I do know what you mean - that period of 'gestation' when the idea's bubbling away in the head, delight both at having thought of it, and as its possibilities start to become clear. I think it's for that reason that some of my favourite bits in films are the moments when detectives put all the pieces together - because I love that 'aha!' feeling when an idea becomes clear.<br />JJohn Soaneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10412988669030237101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000342.post-58485095556665958872009-05-27T12:41:22.978+01:002009-05-27T12:41:22.978+01:00I think what he meant is that you should let the '...I think what he meant is that you should let the 'colour' of an idea suffuse you before you commit it to words.<br /><br />It's that golden time between the moment that an idea strikes and the time you try to express it on paper.laurence timmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366127170754753612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000342.post-72125120593188971022009-05-27T12:23:22.556+01:002009-05-27T12:23:22.556+01:00Unfortunately, I have to write stuff down, even in...Unfortunately, I have to write stuff down, even in rough form, as I have a brain like swiss cheese. Ah well.<br />JJohn Soaneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10412988669030237101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000342.post-69134350510073533272009-05-26T17:10:39.341+01:002009-05-26T17:10:39.341+01:00I experienced the utter joy of watching a French l...I experienced the utter joy of watching a French lady listen to Foux du Fafa for the first time the other day.<br /><br />Wonderousness. She loved it.<br /><br />Then we watched it on YouTube. Double joy.<br /><br />It was Debussy, by the way. He also said "Collect impressions. Don’t be in a hurry to write them down."<br /><br />But he probably said it in French. Something like "Recueillir les impressions. Ne pas être pressé de les écrire."laurence timmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366127170754753612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000342.post-45119589861562753822009-05-26T13:20:08.678+01:002009-05-26T13:20:08.678+01:00Brilliant.Brilliant.Paul McIntyrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15959050586110264922noreply@blogger.com