This is fascinating. Thank you for sharing it. I connect it also with
the bio- and geo-mimicry in the music of Tuva. This opens up new ways
of listening. Thanks!
John
John Crockett
Let us live in harmony with Earth
And all creatures
That our lives may be a blessing
On May 16, 2014, at 9:32 PM,
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> I'm working on something I call Dialogic Form. It shows how there
> is a tonal and rhythmic interdependency within human (and possibly
> animal) communication. Because I am a musician, I have noticed that
> there is a subtle and subconscious mimicry that takes place within
> dialogues, similar to how babies learn how to speak. It goes
> something like this: If person X says 'Kaku has a sexy brain!',
> person Y will utter at least one of the previously heard phonics
> back into the dialogue; either a, 'ka' 'kou' 'ou' 'hhh' 'as' 'zzz'
> 'a' 'sss' 'xi' 'eee' 'ba' 'bra' 'rain' 'ain' 'ai', or 'nnn' - AND -
> not only mimic the tone or sound but also mimic the rhythm or beat
> of at least one of those sounds. In a healthy conversation, person
> X will utter a sound and then person Y will, without fail (so it
> seems) also rally back that sound when it's their turn to speak in
> the conversation. In this way the dialogue evolves, with each
> person spinning off the other. This can be shown by (roughly)
> scoring a conversation to musical notation, graphically depicting
> how the conversation is structured; which phonics are common, how
> they are related, and how they develop in time. Revealing the
> Dialogic Form (or the relationship of conversational elements/
> structure) might also show how animals communicate (a slurp of the
> tongue, the stomping of the paw, wave of a fin; body language/
> movements which mimic certain rhythms and patterns), and how they
> might even communicate with us using this kind of mimicry. The
> other part to this is the frequency and rhythmic echo or ping of
> brainwaves - slightly more difficult to graph (of course, each
> animal will communicate at their own unique tempo/volume; a hyper
> ant or hummingbird might 'speak' faster or more quiet than a
> lethargic whale). It would be important to figure this out because,
> among other things, if we can't understand how we humans
> communicate with one another, not to mention how we might
> communicate with animals - how are we supposed to communicate with
> aliens; unless they speak English? It's a work in progress.
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> I am quite convinced that animals are much more intelligent than
> human beings; in fact, I suspect that they use sound-telepathy to
> literally repeat, like a parrot does, not only the sounds pitches
> and rhythms that they hear around them, or those that stand out,
> but also the actual brainwaves that they seem to be sensitive to. I
> know its a stretch - but I also suspect that even flies and other
> insects can do this; when was the last time you listened carefully
> to what a fly had to say - likely something it heard some one else
> say, and came to deliver the message to you; but were you
> listening? Crazy, right - or is it?
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> Sesame Street - Words that rhyme with EN.
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> Sesame Street - Words that rhyme with EN.
> This cartoon shows words that rhyme with EN.
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