tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post5247397032982323369..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: He thinks completely with his bodyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-14532002722834288542010-09-27T06:12:18.132+01:002010-09-27T06:12:18.132+01:00Comment added via Facebook:
Le Mystère Picasso by...<i>Comment added via Facebook:</i><br /><br />Le Mystère Picasso by Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1956. Yes, Peter Brook and the Bouffes du Nord theatre. I was the first refusenik in the queue for his Timon of Athens. It is said in a book on logic that for some reason, we're more upset by a very close miss than if it was a long shot even though the outcome is identical: you have missed whatever it was you wanted to do.<br /><br />Elizabeth Schumann - http://www.facebook.com/overgrownpath?v=wall&story_fbid=162764437072599Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-9614329976525022742010-09-26T16:17:58.989+01:002010-09-26T16:17:58.989+01:00Thanks Lyle. Credit for this post really should go...Thanks Lyle. Credit for this post really should go to John Heilpern's book. It really is essential reading for anyone interested in the art and science of performance of any kind.<br /><br />Cheap copies of the old Penguin edition can be found here - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Conference-Birds-Story-Peter-Africa/dp/041361400X/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1285513529&sr=1-8<br /><br />Interesting to remember that Peter Brook was director of productions at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden from 1947 to 1950. He was 22 when he took up the post.<br /><br />Useful introduction to embodied cognition here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embodied_cognitionPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-27910781097992341692010-09-26T15:48:31.286+01:002010-09-26T15:48:31.286+01:00What a great post to come back with! This gets ove...What a great post to come back with! This gets over into that area the neuroscientists call "embodied cognition", which, as we learn more about it, I think is going to really help explain a lot of how music can have such a profound effect on us.Lyle Sanford, RMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312150272934828223noreply@blogger.com