Challenge Day 12: Go here to read about this challenge and why I'm doing it [if you don't already know].
Video of the day - Jared Ficklin: New ways to see music (with color! and fire!) [Go here to watch the video on ted.com]
Thumbnail quote - "It's okay to applaud the laws of physics.” (Jared Ficklin)
Why I chose this video - I love music. I'm a huge choir nerd - and proud of it.
Summary - Jared Ficklin is a designer who loves music. He uses fire and then plays varying frequencies to show how the flames are affected by sound. That is his hobby and you should watch the video. It's very cool! He has experimented with various ways to visualize music - something I have never seen before (no pun intended). Quite honestly, a lot of this talk was over my head, but I like fire so it was pretty cool. Jared renders sounds, and speech, and music into a visual medium - he plays with fire, shows sound as a picture, and even turned a lecture by Stephen Hawking into a universe of stars. I can't really explain much more about this talk because it is incredibly visual, but you should watch it. It's pretty dang cool.
My Take-Away -This is thinking outside the box - turning sound into something you can see. I love music and the emotion that it can convey and stir and resolve, and to see it visually is a fascinating process. Sometimes I wish I could lose myself in a beautiful piece of music, wish that it would overwhelm all of my senses. This man has turned something I love to listen to and feel into something I can also see, and for that, I love him. The end.
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