tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135284651117634504.post1763165853670317910..comments2023-09-23T08:27:07.212-07:00Comments on Prof Zeki's Musings: Titian and Clint EastwoodUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135284651117634504.post-65173279184298374702012-11-23T01:20:15.389-08:002012-11-23T01:20:15.389-08:00I suppose it is innate brilliance. I have heard si...I suppose it is innate brilliance. I have heard similar comments made by other musicians, and indeed artists. Apparently, Mozart used to be able to imagine (if that is the right word) an entire symphony completely at once. This is something that most of us are not capable of, and is very interesting.<br />SZS.Z.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05135219380052959664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135284651117634504.post-66724421091843112342012-11-23T01:16:52.476-08:002012-11-23T01:16:52.476-08:00Thanks. I agree that this was quite exciting, but ...Thanks. I agree that this was quite exciting, but I did not see the real thing at Covent Garden, which I regret. I therefore thought it inappropriate to comment on it. What you say about robots is interesting. They can even arouse human sympathies, something that I gather is being studied.<br /><br />SZS.Z.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05135219380052959664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135284651117634504.post-64755050790251512792012-11-21T15:12:13.862-08:002012-11-21T15:12:13.862-08:00Oh...and I mentioned at your conference on the Oly...Oh...and I mentioned at your conference on the Olympic Mind a young lad (9 years old) playing a Mozart piece on his violin without music at the school where I teach Art. His playing was astonishing - mature, lyrical and eloquent. Afterwards I asked him about his learning method - was it Suzuki? (no score in the early years - simply repetition, mind- & muscle-memory, Your First 10,000 Twinkles) and he looked completely blank so I knew he wasn't learning with Suzuki. Then I asked how long he'd been learning the violin. He told me he'd started about five terms before. I was astonished & asked him how he could have done this. His answer was unforgettable: "Well.....I don't know, really. I just play the piece once through with the music, and then the violin seems to know what to play". Olympic minds...is this training or innate brilliance?<br />He is a doctor of medicine, now.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03247834114800880241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135284651117634504.post-42789667671741560722012-11-21T15:01:18.088-08:002012-11-21T15:01:18.088-08:00I would like to return to the exhibition "Met...I would like to return to the exhibition "Metamorphosis". Professor Zeki, you don't mention or describe your response to the three ballets created 'on the dancers' by choreographers and principal dancers of the Royal Ballet, nor of the extraordinary work of Conrad Shawcross using a car-making robot to represent Diana and antlers for the transformed Actaeon/the woods....I would love to know how you felt and what you think about those. To me this was one of the most stimulating, thought-provoking and beautiful exhibitions I have ever seen - and unexpectedly as I'd never have imagined loving so much a piece of artwork featuring a robot! Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03247834114800880241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135284651117634504.post-37129038014676280662012-11-06T00:53:37.238-08:002012-11-06T00:53:37.238-08:00Well, once it is exhibited in a museum of contempo...Well, once it is exhibited in a museum of contemporary art, they might begin to feel differently. S.Z.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05135219380052959664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135284651117634504.post-43739918822627435582012-11-04T08:44:48.302-08:002012-11-04T08:44:48.302-08:00My feelings about Clintwood and the "empty&qu...My feelings about Clintwood and the "empty" Obaba chair exactly! I found it to be extremely interesting, whereas most people I spoke with afterwards about it thought Clintwood was a bit addled.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com