Showing posts with label colour and music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label colour and music. Show all posts

Thursday 23 September 2010

Snippets of Some Rambling Reflections - Part 1

You get what you give and you give what you get. !

Although verbal communication ie speaking and writing is important, the non-verbal aspect of communication should not be under estimated.
"Some studies show 60 per cent of any dialogue is made through nonverbal means – such as gestures, posture ......."   MORE   
All verbal communication is affected by the non-verbal communication that accompanies it. Face to face, expression  ......."   MORE 
 
If people spoke less and listen more perhaps we would have a better world ! ! !  .....  MORE  

If no one speaks there would be no need to listen. Perhaps human beings might then regain the art of telepathy !   Well it is just a thought !
"Communication was an important component of life in the ancient world, and could be divided up into three ....."   MORE    
  "According to some studies, communication between people is more that 50 percent nonverbal. That being the case ....."  MORE    
"Some studies show 60 per cent of any dialogue is made through non-verbal means – such as gestures, posture ......."    MORE         
"Colour is so deeply imbedded in our psyche that it's like the air that we breath… we don't notice the power, ...."    MORE      
 "Colours, like people have different personalities and these are perhaps the reason why we are attracted to ........ ."    MORE      
 "Everyone likes to imagine they are rational, fair, and free from prejudice. But how easily are we   misled by ...."     MORE     

............................    too be continued    ...........................

Wednesday 8 September 2010

A Perspective of Colour and Its Role In Human Communication

Colour affects us all in subtle and more noticeable ways during the course of our daily lives, here are some links which expand on this further.
"Colours, like people have different personalities and these are perhaps the reason why we are attracted to ......." MORE
"Colour is so deeply imbedded in our psyche that it's like the air that we breath… we don't notice the power, ...." MORE
Can There Really Be A Colour And Music Relationship ?
 “The relationship of colour and music has inspired philosophical and creative discovery throughout the ages. ....."  MORE
Musical  Color Experiences
 “The experiences of color and music have always been closely intertwined. ......."  MORE
The Great Color Music Debate.   Painting music by colors is a subject which has occupied many a great mind down the centuries. The pondering goes along these lines. When one hears a particular musical sound one is drawn to a particular color or a particular sound is associated with a particular color or a color with a sound. Whether this is only a subjective experience on the part of the listener or whether we can draw a wider correlation between certain musical sounds and certain colors is open to debate. .........  MORE

Check out:  Color Codes: Modern Theories of Color in Philosophy, Painting and Architecture, Literature, Music and Psychology. by Charles A. Riley (Paperback)   …..  MORE

The author thinks that by trying to understand our own and other people’s ‘personality color’ it would help us to communicate with others better.
“Each one of us has one of four personality colors that dominate the way we behave and communicate  ......" MORE

Monday 6 April 2009

Can There Really Be A Colour And Music Relationship ?


Colour and Music


Music and colour like music and emotions have inspired speculative discussions throughout the ages. Again, the ancient Greeks took a lead in these speculative inquiries. They were driven by a need to discover an integrated cosmology that colour and music formed a part of a harmonious universe. Fast forwarded to the seventeenth century and we have Isaac Newton’s discovery ......
“ of the refraction of white light into colours …….. and his decision to denote seven colours in association with the seven notes of the musical scale …MORE

Discover the Hurdy Gurdy: A Musical Journey Unveiling the Enchanting Sounds of a Timeless Instrument

The Hurdy-Gurdy Player (Le Joueur de Vielle) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Did you know that the hurdy-gurdy is a string instrument tha...