This reading was a breeze for me, as this is my major focus area, and reinforced concepts that I've already studied. The article was heavy in technical terms and concepts, though, which makes me curious as to how well received it would be to laymen. This goes back to my lack of knowledge of how well a typical person would be able to understand and process high-concept ideas in sound design amidst a flurry of technical terms. I'm entrenched in that world, and lack the laymen's perspective now.
In a really geeky moment, I just want to say that I met one of Collins' cited sources, Damian Kastbauer, at the Audio Engineering Conference this past weekend. The two of us, oddly enough, have tweeted between each other in the past. I also attended several lectures by another one of her sources, Charles Deenan. It is beyond peculiar to actually be able to put a face and personality on an academic source that is not one of my professors. This is undoubtably my first time being able to do so.
I'm glad a lot of this reading resonated with your background and that you've been able to make connections with some of the authors/composers cited here! I think this is a really important element to remember about academia, that these seemingly hallowed names are really just people, living in the world. There's a great documentary about the French philosopher Jacques Derrida that shows him sitting, eating his toast for breakfast, in his tiny kitchen in France. It's very humbling. And it's empowering, too, because it helps us realize that we can someday achieve our dreams and exceed the accomplishments of our idols!
ReplyDeleteChris, that is awesome that you met one of Collins' sources. Even more ironic that you both have tweeted each other, I guess that shows you that this big world can be small after all. It is pretty cool to put a name to a reading, but I dont think I would want to see Bitzers face. lol
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