Song: "Strange Paradise" by Bonds
(Note: I did not see the video until after the images were already created)
I’m not
going to lie, at first glance it seemed a bit of a stretch to connect this week’s
Music Mosaic with Forbes’ “The Power of Story in an Age of Consequence” talk.
However, now it makes more sense when I consider that these mosaics are a reflection
of our personalities, of our own selves. At least, I found that my mosaic is a reflection
of myself and my thought processes. Forbes talked about the importance of the
story in shaping culture and crossing boundaries by communicating on a level
that is much harder to reach in any other way. What better way to tell our stories than through a careful
selection of music? And, better yet, to then depict the images and feelings we receive
from that piece of music?
I found this song, “Strange
Paradise” by Bonds, on a CD in one of the apartments on my mission, having been
left by some missionary sometime earlier. At the time I really connected with
this track because its “traveling” feel encouraged spiritual pondering. Now
that I’ve returned from my mission the “traveling” aspect is often more related
to a colorful space journey, which is where the first image comes from. However,
after sharing ideas with a partner in class these images evolved from a simple
space odyssey to include the kind of wonder and graceful beauty in our own
world. My mind combined not only Sci-Fi images in response to the song, but
also the beautiful flow of a city at night, especially with a combination of
old and new buildings (just like the combination of the violin and the
electronic effects). As I took time later to sit and listen to the song I saw
the neon stars, hyperspace, and vortex images, each image followed by another
image, such as the road trip, contemporary dancer, and the city at night. I
tried to recreate this visual journey by starting each ‘segment’ with a base ‘space’
image that I had created in a CG software called Lightwave, then a
corresponding photo image, as that is how they appeared in my head.
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