Month: October 2019

The author of “The Art of Noise”  has redefined the relationship between music and noise by demonstrating that classical music is not solely limited to classical instruments, such as the piano and violin, but rather, any object in our daily lives that can create unique sounds. In understanding the redefined relationship between music and noise, it forces the reader to question whether noise refers to the sound of metal acoustic wood? The definition of music cannot be narrowly defined within the framework it provides. I think the development of music and art is similar. The interesting thing is that the author of this letter is an artist who presents his advice to a new musician who is in a different field of expertise but they are also similar mindsets. Just as someone wants to break the traditional mindset, they have a greater chance to open up a new world.

Noise surrounds us in every aspect of our lives. One of my favorite lines from the book is “Noise is above the human emotions.” This stays true when I listen to classical music, because I feel a calm sensation that brings feelings of relaxation and enjoyment along with it. However, as more and more pop music elements are appearing now, including electronic and rock, it astonishes me as to how classical music is capable of incorporating such unique and shocking elements. This strong sense of excitement makes me involuntarily swing and move along with the rhythm of the music, as well as another way to relax myself. When I commute to various places on the subway, I often hear the sounds of rock music leaking from other people’s headphones. This common type of music amongst generations today allows the sounds of classical music to be a profound contrast. The loud noises of the subway and the bold sounds of rock music combined together definitely form a new experience, but to see classical music being redefined to incorporate elements of bold pop and rock music, is also a new and enlightening experience in my perspective.

Before McLuhan, people often thought that the medium is the medium, the information is the information, the medium is only the carrier of the information, and it cannot represent the information itself. But McLuhan’s definition of medium gives us a new concept of medium.

McLuhan lets us understand the medium is the information. In other words, in the process of information dissemination, the influence of the media on the content of information is not negligible. When we accept information, the influence of the medium is not so obvious, and its role is subtle. The medium defines the pattern in which we perceive information and also determines the mode in which we make feedback.

On the other hand, the new medium represents a new way of interaction, which changes the new interactive rules of our new living space, people and people and their own needs, and the changes that the Internet brings to our lives. We need to reconsider the media pair – you, your family, your neighbors. Changes in your education, your work, your government, and the relationship with “others”

One of the things that impressed me the most was the change in space for our family. “The family circle has widened.” In the interpersonal relationship, there is no longer a need to keeping maintain a close relationship all the time, which makes people feel pressure or even hard. I will compare this to the breathing during swimming. For example, can parents “view” their child’s mobile phone to ensure their mental health? Or I find that more often parents choose to let their children watch movies on the iPad when they are meeting with friends so that they can chat with friends. Looking back at the past without our mobile phone and computer, my family would prefer to meet and chat after dinner. Family members prefer to watch TV after dinner. The medium is information, which confirms that the rules of interaction between us are not changed by a video or a game, but by a mobile phone or a computer.

In addition, I also like McLuhan’s description of educational change, whether children are too fast to get into the content of crime and adult news from TV. The development of technology can make children learn faster. I think it is undeniable that the same story is more interesting from the cartoon of the mobile phone accompanied by interesting sounds and pictures are more interested than reading a book to understand the story. What do we care about? Do we only care about the content? I don’t think so, but the changes in the media that are different for us.

When we went to the beach to enjoy the joy of swimming, it was inevitable that the waves slap on the wind and even drown my head. When there was a huge wind rolling up the waves from my back. At that moment, I suddenly heard the sound of my eardrum bulging, and then the accompanying sound was a steady squeaky sound. This sound suddenly stops after around 5 seconds. It sounds like the  person on the TV who is playing the heartbeat machine has no heartbeat. This sound is like sending a meaning to my ear from my brain.

 

In the dark night, the moment what I was most afraid is when I turned off the lights and I ran to my bed. Although the eyes can adapt slowly to the dark environment, But the dark environment also brings more attention to listening. Sometimes I hear a squeaky voice on the bed, which sounds like an insect. But what is terrible is that the sound seems to happen outside the window, as it happens in my room. I am afraid that there may be an insect in my bedroom.

In addition, I also heard the sound like a sawtooth paw cutting a plastic bag in the darkness of the day, which is rhythmic and regular. The sound of the night is always horrible.