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tiompan Jan 8, 2010 10:35:30
Replying to gjrk

gjrk wrote:
I'm beginning to wonder, in fact, if there isn't a better transfer of feeling about a place/site, from a directed, honest, association to a piece of music - allowing, obviously, for differences in taste - than all but the very best writing about the same?
Good ,non literary , art expresses that which can't be written .But it is all back to the subjective , there seems little appreciation of possible horrors associated with monuments .Last night , Newsnight had a piece on Ugandan child sacrifices by "witchdoctors /shaman" or whatever you want to call them . How many sites that produce positive "vibes " for the contemporary visitor were witnesses to the same ? All the major battle fields pre 19 th C make ideal visual accompaniment to Lambert's "cow pat " music . Sorry a wee bit pseuds cornerish .

G gjrk
gjrk Jan 8, 2010 12:13:20
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
gjrk wrote:
I'm beginning to wonder, in fact, if there isn't a better transfer of feeling about a place/site, from a directed, honest, association to a piece of music - allowing, obviously, for differences in taste - than all but the very best writing about the same?
Good ,non literary , art expresses that which can't be written .But it is all back to the subjective , there seems little appreciation of possible horrors associated with monuments .Last night , Newsnight had a piece on Ugandan child sacrifices by "witchdoctors /shaman" or whatever you want to call them . How many sites that produce positive "vibes " for the contemporary visitor were witnesses to the same ? All the major battle fields pre 19 th C make ideal visual accompaniment to Lambert's "cow pat " music . Sorry a wee bit pseuds cornerish .
Ah. You're probably right. I was merely wandering on from the 'senses' I got after listening to some of the music here. I'd absolutely agree with what you said, in fact, I said it myself, albeit probably not in so staightforward a fashion ;)...

"Our judgement of a site's vibe, character or importance, is formed subjectively, by what we see of the object and what's in place around it; picture and frame if you want to think of it like that. I was just anxious to emphasise that there may have been a lot more going on, in each case, (if you'll excuse the use of the phrase) than meets the eye."

B Branwen
Branwen Jan 8, 2010 18:52:53
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
Newsnight had a piece on Ugandan child sacrifices by "witchdoctors /shaman" or whatever you want to call them . How many sites that produce positive "vibes " for the contemporary visitor were witnesses to the same ?
Someone quoted Time Team to me, saying most of the burials in stonehenge were men, proving a patriarchal society, which explains why the site has a welcoming vibe tfor men and not women. My reply was "not if it was the women sacrificing all the men, matey".