Tonight’s web search culminated in a sixteen minute presentation
by Charles Limb. It took me about three hours to choose this clip as my “good
stuff to share” choice.
I started the search to look for a quilter who featured in a
speech by Rosalie Dace. This particular quilter is legally blind. But when I
searched the web for blind quilters, there were so many hits that I had not
found the right person after an hour of searching.I did come across presentations on Ted Talk and YouTube by Charles Limb. This particular speech from Ted Talk focuses on pinpointing the areas of the brain which are used in music; and the difference in brain activity between:
1)
Playing a piece of music which is learned
2)
Playing a piece of music which is improvised
I looked through various other clips, as I thought this one
might be a bit long at about 16 minutes. But I honestly found this most
interesting, and well worth the time.
It is a small piece of the puzzle – “where does our
creativity come from & what inspires us to be creative?” I understand I am
just scratching the surface, but I thought you might find it interesting too.
(Another hour or so disappeared, looking around the web at the work of Charles
Limb – and then I got distracted by other presenters on Ted Talk).I was especially attracted to the work of Evelyn Glennie, a deaf percussionist who wants to teach the world how to listen. As amazing as she is, I still found the most fascinating material to be that of Charles Limb – I only mention her if you are interested in following this up.
So dear reader of this humble blog, I present to you, my “good
stuff” offering for tonight:
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