tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8373573052582581717.post627295798682660955..comments2023-06-06T06:49:04.399-07:00Comments on Cinder Bridge: The universal languagecinderkeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01578961959712679966noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8373573052582581717.post-24834534992158257902009-07-22T21:06:17.282-07:002009-07-22T21:06:17.282-07:00"That'd be an interesting experiment. But..."That'd be an interesting experiment. But can you imagine your eyes welling up with tears because you saw a checkerboard pattern?"<br /><br />Mine do...but that's only because I used to play with...with Old Blue...<br /><br />*snf*<br /><br />Best checker-playing turtle I ever had...DeppityBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03739975299662947480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8373573052582581717.post-6524146134477924312009-07-21T19:03:28.861-07:002009-07-21T19:03:28.861-07:00That'd be an interesting experiment. But can y...That'd be an interesting experiment. But can you imagine your eyes welling up with tears because you saw a checkerboard pattern?<br /><br />Then again, not all music elicits such a deep emotional response. Maybe checkerboard patterns are like Muzak. :)cinderkeyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578961959712679966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8373573052582581717.post-86881363389759507432009-07-20T10:47:48.804-07:002009-07-20T10:47:48.804-07:00Response to your reply on LJ:
Unfortunately I don...Response to your reply on LJ:<br /><br />Unfortunately I don't remember what the article I was reading was, as it was more than a month ago.<br /><br />But I bet you anything that other regular patterns like checkerboard patterns do actually have emotional effects on us and we just don't always realize it. I suspect regular geometric patterns are soothing and pleasant, actually. You always see checkerboard-type patterns in bathrooms and restaurants. I bet that people would react with anxiety or discomfort to checkerboard patterns that were incomplete or messed up (some tiles in the grid left blank, one end of the pattern wider than the other, etc.)wyvernfreenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8373573052582581717.post-88763915065586046452009-07-20T10:42:40.865-07:002009-07-20T10:42:40.865-07:00Repost from LJ: I was just reading something a few...Repost from LJ: I was just reading something a few months about this. It had something to do with the mathematic principles behind music, and how universal they are-- just as people from all cultures recognize that a circle is symmetrical and complete whereas a lumpy oval or half-circle is not, they also recognize when a chord is complete or harmonic and when it is not.<br /><br />The article I was reading didn't say anything about your question in particular, so this is total guesswork on my part, but I bet the emotional responses have to do with pattern-recognition and neurochemical reactions to feeling that a task has been completed or not. I'm guessing people from different cultures have the same sort of emotional reactions to visual art that makes use of symmetrical designs and harmonic colors versus those using asymmetrical, unpatterned designs and chaotic color schemes.wyvernfreenoreply@blogger.com