{"id":863,"date":"2008-11-15T00:01:50","date_gmt":"2008-11-15T07:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/2008\/11\/15\/nothing-as-space-and-boiling-down-the-sauce\/"},"modified":"2012-12-08T11:34:14","modified_gmt":"2012-12-08T19:34:14","slug":"nothing-as-space-and-boiling-down-the-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=863","title":{"rendered":"Nothing as Space and Boiling Down the Sauce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I think of space, I first relate to space in music and nature.\u00c2\u00a0 In music, I learned rests, pauses and silences were not <strong>nothing<\/strong>; they supported the notes, the composition, the playing and listening&#8230;\u00c2\u00a0 I think of art and how we are aware of the negative space; it supports the placements of colors, lines, variety of media and the experience of creating and viewing&#8230;\u00c2\u00a0 These awarenesses of negative space spill into other areas of my life and often lead to some interesting perspectives and experiences.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When I think of condensing, I think of two phrases I\u00c2\u00a0enjoy, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Boiling down the sauce\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s condense and expand\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0One example is resolving a messy financial situation for a business or individual.\u00c2\u00a0 I like to collect the data, sort what is helpful from what is extraneous (noise, static, clutter), look at what is of essence (condense) and build from there (expand).\u00c2\u00a0 Another example is music, again.\u00c2\u00a0 In order to express a good vibrato, one clears space from such extraneous matter as anxiety of performing and attention to perfection, then condenses into being one with the instrument and music, as Rumi describes being one with the mountain.\u00c2\u00a0 The musician has condensed the essence into a relaxed vibrato, and expanded purer music\u00c2\u00a0into the air.\u00c2\u00a0 When I did not &#8220;condense&#8221; the space, my vibrato sounded forced, more tech than fluid.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There are more dimensions to the above examples I find playful and enjoyable.\u00c2\u00a0 For this week\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s exercises, I am\u00c2\u00a0trying to relate to what we are discussing about space, nothing and condensing to\u00c2\u00a0something I understand (playing, creating) to learn if I am on the right track.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thank you,<\/p>\n<p>Erin<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I think of space, I first relate to space in music and nature.\u00c2\u00a0 In music, I learned rests, pauses and silences were not nothing; they supported the notes, the composition, the playing and listening&#8230;\u00c2\u00a0 I think of art and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=863\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-01_general","category-tsk-online-fall-2008winter-2009"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}