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This is an interesting topic. Not that I'm a big fan of LSD (anymore, at least!)... Still, I have experienced, and then read observations from a wide variety of sources, that sound can often manifest itself as shapes and colors while under the influence of a hallucinogen. I have often wondered if this is some chemical effect of the drug, or if it is simply a heightened sensitivity to something that's always there - a basic relationship in the human mind between sound and shape. I'm also reminded of a Peter Gabriel lyric, from "Humdrum", on the 1st solo album: "Lost among echoes of things not there Watching the sounds forming shapes in the air" Doug PS - gotta go get that PG "Up" CD soon! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart Wyatt" <stuart@solostring.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 3:33 PM Subject: Re: do you imagine pictures while playing? > > > Strange, I never managed to imagine picture and sound simultaneously. > > I sometimes do if I am in a trance-like state - it is very much like > what you get if you are in a deep meditative state (helped with yoga) or > take the easy option and cheat and use natural herbal substances. They > are visions, just like day dreaming. The Place des Vosges improvisations > were all recorded whilst in this state (natural, and herbal)... I can > picture people, places, scents, touch.... > > Alas, it does not happen as much as it used to... > > Lately, I have been feeling a kind of musical schizophrenia whereby it > feels as though there are a number of performers inside me. The > spiritual side of me believes that at times, my body is acting as a > medium for dead musicians whereas my analitical mind just assumes that I > am a natural headchase and am just playing things that I have > subconciously heard or worked out beforehand. I play in styles I have > never studied or have played before... to this day, I dont know where > they are coming from. > > Its a bizarre sensation... feeling away from your physical body and > conducting your own small string orchestra.... > > Its great, as they work for free, dont have drinking problems and rarely > argue with each other. :) > > -- > Stuart Wyatt - Solo String Project > http://www.solostring.com > stuart@solostring.com >