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Geometric Art Forms Within Music - the MusicMadeVisible app

1/18/2017

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MusicMadeVisible app  Music has always been associated with cymatics, the geometry within sound waves, and there are many examples where cymatic imagery is used as a visual, dynamic art form complementing the originating sounds. It is VERY exciting that John Stuart Reid, inventor of the CymaScope, has launched MusicMadeVisible. It is an app that allows anyone to capture the dynamic geometry of their musical creations, or recorded sounds such nature and even their our own voice! It is a brilliantly accessible way to harness the power of the cymascope and the apps potential for creating art forms is limitless.
Here are examples of the cymatics of two very different types of music - Pink Floyd's 'Welcome to the Machine' and dulcet tones of 'Clair de Lune':
​'When Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, in Portland, Oregon, decided to sponsor an art installation they chose a collaborative design by artist, Shelley Socolofsky and John Stuart Reid of CymaScope.com. The theme set by the cathedral was that the piece should connect light and dark and be a "new and experimental art form and media that cannot be hung on walls nor placed on pedestals”. (2015)'

Cymatics, the study of waves in physics, was a term coined by Hans Jenny (1904-1972). Prior to this in 1680 Robert Hook noticed geometric vibrations when running a bow along the edge of glass covered with flour. Early technology used to study the nodal waves was the Chladni Plate, developed by German musician and physicist Ernst Chladni (1756-1827). Now computers facilitate exceptional tools, such as the CymaScope created by John Stuart Reid (see his presentation below). 

​Sound waves travel from their point origin as a sphere so the images captured by humans are but a thin two-dimensional slice of a three-dimensional 'living' form.

In 'The Hidden Geometry of Life' I cover the nature and purpose of sound as a vehicle for carrying the geometric code. Sound has profound purposes that we are only just starting to understand and apply.
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Chladni Plate vibrating to reveal geometric waves
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Symmetry in vibrating fluid
Stunningly beautiful geometric patterns lie within the undulating waves of sound emanating from a pinpoint source of origin. Symmetric patterns such as theses are seen in the creations of Nature and are echoed in the sounds we create, such as heartbeat and musical creations. Waves of sound pass through and are absorbed by everything they come into contact with. They impact and travel through our bodies and enter our brains via our ears. All sounds affect us physically, emotionally and psychologically.
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ManeeSham link
11/28/2017 01:10:52 pm

Good morning Ms French.
I finish yesterday your book "the hidden geometry of life" and it is a great discover for me. Many questions about my own work find answers... I am a french energetics specialist, and researcher about chakras, subtle body... by clearaudience and clairvoyance.
For my care and distance caregiving, I use spacial orientation, stones (geometry and color), geometric gestures, BPM system (rhythm), and music note (sound)... All elements of your book! Now I can understand better the connections between geometry and sacred elements and my special care way.
Cymatics is exactly what I need for my cares, because I didnt't find on internet a satisfying keyboard piano. It's an immense discover for me, thanks to you! And many thanks to his discoverer. It will be reinforce my cares which are a little part of divine presence around us.
Sorry for my english.
Thanks a lot for your inspired contribution.

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