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2023 05 09 Thesis Spring Presentation

In response to Lizā€™s comment about getting deeper into the videos, could I play one of the videos for a full minute? RIght after the beginning slide, so people FEEL what Iā€™m working on.

Curious to see two students feel a religious vibe to the project. I understand that, it does evoke similar themes of transcendence, going to a physical space in order to feel something different. In that way, raves and DJs could also be a religious experience / ritual. Going inward is also a similar theme.

Seeing people describe the project in ways Iā€™m not intended is helping me clean up my cover slide. Mentioning ā€˜making music from the mindā€™ is a nice pitch, but isnā€™t the focus of this work. Itā€™s the tech used, but not the focus.

In response to Sarahā€™s comments, I need to mention ā€œOn Repeatā€ a book that was key to my fall studies.

If I had unlimited resources, Iā€™d be doing what Iā€™m doing now. I ask myself that routinely and am spending my time doing the thing I want to do: researching, creating, performing, and following that path as it unfolds.

As for the why, Iā€™ve thought about deeper answers to that. I grew up in an abusive neighborhood, so being in my head, in my imagination, in my music in my head, was often safer than being in the world. Itā€™s the root of why I am comfortable and sought out meditation, altered states, dreams, and music as an adult. Itā€™s the root of why I ā€œlikeā€ those things. Is there a different way to answer Why?

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