patria frame wrote:
> I think that coping with constant change, as discussed in this stream, is
> certainly increasingly common. But I am not sure that it is the change
> that is the issue for many people so much as it is a control issue. Many
> folks cope well with constant change in their private lives - buying new
> models of home appliances or entertainment devices or fashionable clothing
> - learning new sports or games - and so forth. But these are more often
> their own choices.
>
> Could the question really be how to help people feel some control over
> their own change processes?(snip)
To Patria and the list,
I'm sure that you are correct on one level, however, on the levels of
perception, taste and cultural descrimination the cry for control is
really IMHO a scream against an overload of the organisms ability to
percieve and understand its environment. The constant change has created
in effect no change at all because change can no longer be percieved and
understood.
I apologize, it has been over thirty years since I had "information
theory" but that principle of "shutdown" with the recognition of
predictability was what they used against the Japanese secret codes in
WWII if I remember my old composition teacher correctly. He was relating
the importance of conservation of the surprise element in musical
composition in "keeping" your audience. This formal element has been
exploited most in commercial music that has a motive (like the code
experts) beyond the purely musical in what they write. Still it is a
principle that effects us all. I am sure the Japanese code experts were
crying out for some "control" over the overwhelming complexity of the
Allied Forces. Just a thought.
Regards,
Ray Evans Harrell, artistic director
Magic Circle Chamber Opera of New York
mcore@soho.ios.com
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