tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964274595125305264.post3907299325457334023..comments2023-08-15T09:59:09.965-04:00Comments on Cello Centered: It's Van Gogh's Birthday!Maricellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14901229998799205736noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964274595125305264.post-79524376576063351632008-04-02T18:27:00.000-04:002008-04-02T18:27:00.000-04:00That makes sense, cellogeek, to play different emo...That makes sense, cellogeek, to play different emotions. I interviewed an art therapist a few months ago who felt that the colors clearly tied into the emotions (red = anger, for instance). I guess that is not the same as notes having a color, but it is related.Maricellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14901229998799205736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964274595125305264.post-89400991637558630572008-04-02T00:25:00.000-04:002008-04-02T00:25:00.000-04:00that's really interesting. I did an exercise duri...that's really interesting. I did an exercise during one lesson that I found more useful - my teacher gave me a list of perhaps a few hundred words that described emotions (happy, melancholy, sorrow,..etc) and would choose a word and had me play something that represented the word - it was a fun and different exercise for me since I tend to be fairly analytic in my playing and not very emotionalCelloGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02013451569147211749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964274595125305264.post-46174594518953994692008-04-01T23:44:00.000-04:002008-04-01T23:44:00.000-04:00Cellogeek, I thought colors in music were a pretty...Cellogeek, I thought colors in music were a pretty normal thing (that I didn't necessarily get). I have a flute book that asks you to play the same phrases in yellow, purple, etc. I think of the yellow as kind of a hollow tone, the purple, richer, fuller. It's interesting as an exercise.Maricellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14901229998799205736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964274595125305264.post-15301329609129599082008-04-01T22:58:00.000-04:002008-04-01T22:58:00.000-04:00Thanks for the link, Marisa. I am listing it again...Thanks for the link, Marisa. I am listing it again because it didn't show up completely in my comments (only in the comment e-mailed to me), and others might be interested: <A HREF="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/vincent-200801.html" REL="nofollow">Smithsonian</A><BR/><BR/>I have been reading van Gogh's letters in the book I quoted in the original post. This because I saw a play, "Inventing van Gogh," which takes a lot of lines from the letters. It features a contemporary artist and van Gogh mutually hallucinating each other. <BR/><BR/>(Cellodonna, spookiness fit right in with the theme of the play.)<BR/><BR/>Wonderful play, better if you know a little something about van Gogh and art. :-)Maricellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14901229998799205736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964274595125305264.post-80333339948936498862008-04-01T22:57:00.000-04:002008-04-01T22:57:00.000-04:00my teacher just asked me whether I saw colors when...my teacher just asked me whether I saw colors when I think about tones and music (I don't) - he told me that he sees colors when he plays...CelloGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02013451569147211749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964274595125305264.post-91143668761883397492008-04-01T16:01:00.000-04:002008-04-01T16:01:00.000-04:00There was a nice article in Smithsonian Magazineht...There was a nice article in Smithsonian Magazine<BR/>http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/vincent-200801.htmlMMGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02045547407309378701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964274595125305264.post-42988692415302640412008-03-31T21:51:00.000-04:002008-03-31T21:51:00.000-04:00oooo... spooky ... last night (Sunday) I looked ou...oooo... spooky ... last night (Sunday) I looked outside and saw a very starry sky and thought of van Gogh. Didn't know it was his BD.cellodonnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06331195420316930565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964274595125305264.post-55308836351637827332008-03-30T22:31:00.000-04:002008-03-30T22:31:00.000-04:00Thanks for the link Paulette. That young violinist...Thanks for the link Paulette. That young violinist is amazing, not only on the violin, but as a public speaker.<BR/><BR/>GGP, I am still not sure what a synesthete is, even after looking it up, but Van Gogh certainly had his own way of looking at (and hearing) the world.Maricellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14901229998799205736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964274595125305264.post-65186880495785182732008-03-30T12:05:00.000-04:002008-03-30T12:05:00.000-04:00I wonder if van Gogh was a synesthete?I wonder if van Gogh was a synesthete?gottagopracticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08112740396190991150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964274595125305264.post-2475080215884779202008-03-30T11:59:00.000-04:002008-03-30T11:59:00.000-04:00I thought I would share this, I came across this 1...I thought I would share this, I came across this 11 yr old's music this morning. Kinda fits in with your enjoy music for VG's birthday. Plus I thought of you when I heard her.<BR/>http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/45<BR/>Violin rather than cello, she quite the speaker also.Paulettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11864567096626996460noreply@blogger.com