Music - the best expression of humans’ spirit
- Gosia Gniatkowska
- 14 nov 2017
- 2 minuten om te lezen
‘What kind of music do you listen to?' is one of the most common questions when we are meeting a new person. It seems innocent, but sometimes the answer may be uncomfortable. Subconsciously we think that music is something that defines us. It reveals a lot about who we are and what we feel. Although scientists are not clear about the relation between personality and musical taste, it is certainly one of the few ways in which people can connect with each other without language and find a common ground.
It’s been told that languages were formed from the music and sounds. Drums, horns and bells or even the human voice were used for forwarding information among tribes. It is a process that has evolved over the centuries, creating hereby a kind of archetypes – musical expression of culture we all instantly recognize.
To illustrate this situation, look at the pictures:
What do you hear?
Probably everyone had a similar kind of melody in his head. There's something inside humans that recognises and responds to image arranged as music. Following this lead, I asked myself:
How much can we learn about each other in the same way?
This is the group's response to the question I asked:
1. Reply to the music using a graphic technique.
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2. Send me back the song/melody that comes to your mind when you see this picture.
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It was easy to predict that as many people, as many interpretations. Everyone is creating his world in a different way, which undoubtedly proves that music is one of the best expression of humans’ spirit. However, at the closer look some similarities can be also noticed - such as Mozart's winding lines or sharp edges and dynamic shapes with hip-hop music. Is it possible to shape the space so that it can be heard and affects us like a musical piece...?
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