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I, Issue 4 In This Issue Features Musical Sculpture: The Emergence of a New Art Form "In musical sculpting the actual playing into the computer is like getting the block of marble onto the floor. The real work happens later when I use the computer mouse as my chisel." Heavenly Crystal Music "Playing it puts me in a kind of altered state, giving me the same feeling as a deep state of meditation. Something very special happens with harmonic overtones when playing different pitches together on these crystals." Glass Armonica - A Brief History "If you have been upset by harmful novels, false friends, or perhaps a deceiving girl then abstain from playing the armonica - it will only upset you even more. There are people of this kind - of both sexes - who must be advised not to study the instrument, in order that their state of mind should not be aggravated." The Year That Was: Marching Toward the Millennium Skill, energy, and philosophy are being transformed into art objects more than ever, producing an enormous, growing treasury. An abundance of spaces cry for color, for life, for ideas - and a public hungers to experience them. It might be time for artists to abandon a role of voluntary alienation and again be a necessary part of life. A
Day at the Beach As we slow the pace in honor of summer enervation, we can close our eyes and imagine: what might the (near) future look like? We may find ourselves swimming in art forms. If the arts become ubiquitous, will their perceived value change? A4A Comments / Subscribe A4A Discussions Rehearsal and Performance Schedules
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