Tai Chi, The Arts, Intention and Interpretation.
Speaking. When speaking, you speak in phrases. If you take a phrase like, “Don’t you know what I want?”, by putting the stress on different words, it starts to take on different meanings – in fact you can repeat that 6 word question 6 times, stressing a different word each time, and you have 6 slightly different sentences.
The same has to be true for other aspects of our lives, speech is not the only way of expressing ourselves. Artists, dancers and craftsmen have their way, and musicians have a way that perhaps is closest to speech because it involves sound.
Music & Tai Chi.
Intention & Interpretation. Your intention defines what you are trying to say, whether in movement, sound, wood, clay, stone, metal, or speech. For example, when talking, you have an intention – you are expressing an idea or a thought which will promote further thoughts or actions; it’s not an aimless jumble of words that comes out of you without any idea of what you’re trying to express.
In music, the composer’s intention is to guide your emotions via a musical phrase (possibly melodic, harmonic, or by the use of orchestration). With music which is only ever recorded, i.e. most rock or pop music (with some exceptions, and generally people only want a repeat of how it sounded when recorded), this is a fixed event; no other interpretation is available (except for cover versions). However in both classical and jazz music, after the original written version is produced, interpretation starts to play a very important role.
Interpretation is the ‘living’ part of whatever you say or do. It defines the meaning and can be instantly changed mid-flow to fit the situation of that precise moment. Some might argue that it is the actual connection with Life itself; it is you being completely ‘in the moment’.
Tai Chi & Interpretation.
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