On Thu, 2013-02-21 at 05:56 -0500, jonetsu@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Le 20-02-2013 19:57, Ralf Mardorf a écrit : > > > Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing bad with playing chess, but it’s > > just a game and playing chess doesn’t give super cow powers. > > Being active does train our creativity, brains and muscles. > > Questionable if boxing or playing chess, is the more active > > exertion. > > There are internal and external energies. Cultivating both is probably > the best. > > > There’s also nothing bad with inland water fishing. Also called a > > sport, but a sport with being less active. > > Holding stances for a long period of time is another form of training > for the body. That's not the case with inland fishing, though. ;-) > > > The rule is: "You snooze, you lose." It’s not important what we > > like to do, it’s important that we do something. > > Cardiovascular and muscular training benefits also from internal energy > training. The problem with the philosophy of 'doing something' is that > any internal energy training can be considering as doing nothing. Then > there's no balance between internal and external. It's all go-go-go on > the outside. > > > Listening to music A isn’t better, than listening to music B. Doing > > X isn’t better than doing Y. Where do all this claims come from? > > Robert Fripp, for one, did experiments with effects of sound on people. > Some frequencies will trigger body and mind responses. At a certain > level, yes, the music that is listened-to can have an influence on the > person and then it matters. At the taste level it's something else, but > at the physical level it can vry well be that certain frequencies and > certain rythms actually have an effect. > > > Some people playing chess are creative others aren’t, it has less to > > do with playing chess. > > Yes, same with music. I still do not know how to qualify this. I all > kinds of music as long as there's *something* in it. I think that > something has to do with the creative spirit. Or something. I find > some music boring and other music not boring. > > Some people also go by the masses. If it's popular, then it's good. > Some people will not listen to music that is unknown, or too foreign. > In these cases, the mind, the psychology, plays a role in 'appreciation' > of music. Although when the role is so heavy, I'm not sure if > 'appreciation' is the right word at all ;-) 'Furniture' could be more > suitable. Some people have music as a furniture in their life ;-) I agree with your reply. Btw. as we all know, sound and light can be used as a weapon, but I won't call this sound music. It's said that deep frequencies can cause hallucinations, I didn't verify this by serious books or self-tests. I guess in "Hannah and her Sisters" somebody wanted to buy a painting that fit's to the sofa. IMO this is _averaged_ usage of art. Regards, Ralf _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
