Friday, May 31, 2013

Aᴄᴏᴜsᴛɪᴄ Eᴄᴏʟᴏɢʏ



"A sᴏᴜɴᴅsᴄᴀᴘᴇ ɪs ᴀɴʏ ᴄᴏʟʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ sᴏᴜɴᴅs, ᴀʟᴍᴏsᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴘᴀɪɴᴛɪɴɢ ɪs ᴀ ᴄᴏʟʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ᴠɪsᴜᴀʟ ᴀᴛᴛʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴs..."

Exᴄᴇᴘᴛ ɴᴏᴡᴀᴅᴀʏs, ɪᴛ ɪs ɴᴏᴛ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴏɪᴄᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴᴇᴛ. Oɴᴇ ᴏғ ᴍʏ ғᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇ ǫᴜᴏᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴs ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴡᴀs: "Tʜᴇ ᴍᴜsɪᴄ ᴏғ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ǫᴜɪᴇᴛ ᴏᴘᴘᴏʀᴛᴜɴɪᴛʏ ᴛᴏ ᴇɴᴊᴏʏ ɪᴛ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜʀᴇᴀᴛᴇɴᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴏɪsᴇ ᴏғ ᴍᴀɴ.” Tʜɪs ɪs ᴀ sᴄᴀʀʏ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʀᴜᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴍᴏsᴛ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴢᴇ. Jᴜsᴛ ɴᴏᴡ, ᴀs I sɪᴛ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ᴀᴘᴀʀᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ, I ᴀᴍ ʜᴇᴀʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ sᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴏғ ᴍʏ AC ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴇʟsᴇ. Eᴠᴇɴ ɪғ I ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴏᴘᴇɴ ᴍʏ ᴡɪɴᴅᴏᴡs, I ᴀᴍ sᴜʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ sᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴏғ ᴄᴀʀs ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴘᴇʀᴍᴇᴀᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ᴀɪʀ. Uɴᴅᴏᴜʙᴛᴇᴅʟʏ, I ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴅᴜsᴛʀɪᴀʟ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏsᴛ ғʀᴜsᴛʀᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜɪs. Yᴇᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ɪᴛ, ᴡᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ʙᴇ ᴍᴏᴠɪɴɢ ғᴏʀᴡᴀʀᴅ. I ᴀᴍ ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇʀɴᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ʟᴏsᴇ sɪɢʜᴛ ᴏғ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ʀᴇᴍᴀɪɴ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ʀᴇᴄᴏʀᴅɪɴɢs. Hᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ, ᴡʜɪʟᴇ I ғᴇᴇʟ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟ sᴏᴜɴᴅsᴄᴀᴘᴇ ɪs ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛ, ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀs ɢᴏ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʟɪᴠᴇs ᴡɪᴛʜ ɴᴏ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ғᴏʀ ɪᴛ ᴀᴛ ᴀʟʟ. Iғ ɪᴛ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ɢᴏɴᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇʟʏ, I ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ғᴇᴇʟ ᴀs ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ I ᴡᴀs sᴜғғᴏᴄᴀᴛɪɴɢ. Iғ I ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ᴘᴀʏ ᴀᴛᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ sᴏᴜɴᴅs ᴏғ ᴍʏ ᴇɴᴠɪʀᴏɴᴍᴇɴᴛ, ᴍʏ ᴍᴇɴᴛᴀʟ ʜᴇᴀʟᴛʜ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴅғᴜʟ. Pᴇʀʜᴀᴘs ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴅᴜsᴛʀɪᴀʟ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ɪs ɴᴏᴛ ᴀs ɴᴇᴄᴇssᴀʀʏ ᴀs ᴡᴇ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ɪᴛ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴀᴛʜᴇʀ ɪs ᴀ ᴅɪsᴛʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ǫᴜᴀʟɪᴛʏ ᴏғ ʟɪғᴇ ᴡᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ɴᴇᴇᴅ, ʟɪᴠɪɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴄᴀʀᴇ ᴏғ ᴏᴜʀ sᴜʀʀᴏᴜɴᴅɪɴɢs. I, ғᴏʀ ᴏɴᴇ, ᴡɪʟʟ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴀᴅᴠᴀɴᴛᴀɢᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟ sᴏᴜɴᴅsᴄᴀᴘᴇ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ɪᴛ ɪs sᴛɪʟʟ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴡʜᴏ ɪs ᴛᴏ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴍᴇ ᴀɴʏ ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴛ? Sʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴡᴇ ʟɪᴠᴇ ɪɴ ᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴡɴ sᴏᴜɴᴅsᴄᴀᴘᴇs ᴏʀ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ? Sʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴡᴇ ʟɪᴠᴇ ɪɴ ᴀ ʙᴀʟᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴡᴏ? I ᴄᴀɴɴᴏᴛ sᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ sᴏᴜɴᴅs ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ʙʏ ᴛᴇʟʟɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡʜᴀᴛ I ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ sʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴅᴏI ɢᴜᴇss ɪᴛ ɪs ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ. 

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Sʏɴᴇsᴛʜᴇsɪᴀ ᴀɴᴅ Cʏᴍᴀᴛɪᴄs

Iɴ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜɪs ᴄʟᴀss, I ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴀ ғᴇᴡ ᴄᴏɴɴᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴs ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ Exᴘᴇʀɪᴍᴇɴᴛᴀʟ Fɪʟᴍ ᴀɴᴅ Sʏɴᴇsᴛʜᴇsɪᴀ. Bᴏᴛʜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴘᴇʀᴄᴇɪᴠᴇᴅ ʙᴀsᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴅɪᴠɪᴅᴜᴀʟ, ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʏᴘɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ ᴀssᴏᴄɪᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀғғᴇᴄᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴅɪғғɪᴄᴜʟᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇғɪɴᴇ. Aʟᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ ɪᴛ ɪs ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ ᴀ ɴᴇᴜʀᴏʟᴏɢɪᴄᴀʟ ᴄᴏɴᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴ, ᴘᴇʀʜᴀᴘs ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʜᴇɴᴏᴍᴇɴᴏɴ ᴏғ ʟɪᴠɪɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜ sʏɴᴇsᴛʜᴇsɪᴀ ɪs ᴡᴏɴᴅᴇʀғᴜʟ. As sᴏᴍᴇ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴏғᴛᴇɴ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴀs ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴏᴅᴅ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ sᴇᴇɪɴɢ ᴄᴏʟᴏʀs ᴀssᴏᴄɪᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴡᴏʀᴅs, ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴍᴜsᴛ ɴᴏᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴀɪɴɪɴɢ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ɪᴛ. I ғᴏᴜɴᴅ ɪᴛ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴇsᴛɪɴɢ ʜᴏᴡ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ᴛʏᴘᴇs ᴏғ sʏɴᴇsᴛʜᴇsɪᴀ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ. Hᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ, I ᴀᴍ ɴᴏᴛ sᴜʀᴘʀɪsᴇᴅ. As ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴀs ᴡᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ ᴍɪɴᴅ, I ᴀᴍ ғᴀɪʀʟʏ ᴄᴇʀᴛᴀɪɴ ᴡᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ sᴇᴄʀᴇᴛs ᴛᴏ ɪᴛs ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇx ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ. Nᴏ ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ ʜᴏᴡ ᴍᴀɴʏ sᴜʙᴊᴇᴄᴛs ᴀʀᴇ ᴛᴇsᴛᴇᴅ, ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ʟɪᴠɪɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ sʏɴᴇsᴛʜᴇsɪᴀ ᴡɪʟʟ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ғᴜʟʟʏ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀsᴛᴀɴᴅ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪs ʙᴇɪɴɢ sᴇᴇɴ, ʜᴇᴀʀᴅ, ᴏʀ ғᴇʟᴛ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ɪɴᴅɪᴠɪᴅᴜᴀʟs. Eᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ sᴇᴇs ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴛʟʏ, ᴀɴᴅ sʜᴏʀᴛʟʏ ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴛʜɪs ᴀʀᴛɪᴄʟᴇ I ᴡᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴜᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴡᴏɴᴅᴇʀ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ I ᴡɪʟʟ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ʙᴇ ᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ sᴇᴇ. Hᴇᴀʀɪɴɢ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀs ᴛᴀʟᴋ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇs ᴡɪᴛʜ sʏɴᴇsᴛʜᴇsɪᴀ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜɪs sᴏʀᴛ ᴏғ ᴀᴘᴘᴇᴀʟ ᴛᴏ ɪᴛ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ɪᴛ ɪs sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ғʀᴏᴍ ʜᴏᴡ I ʟɪᴠᴇ ᴍʏ ʟɪғᴇ. Bᴀᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ Exᴘᴇʀɪᴍᴇɴᴛᴀʟ Fɪʟᴍ, ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ's ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴠᴀʀʏ, ᴀs ᴡᴇ ᴀʟʟ sᴇᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ғᴇᴇʟ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴛʟʏ. Iᴛ ᴍᴀʏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ғᴏʀ ᴀ ʀᴇᴀsᴏɴ, ᴏʀ ғᴏʀ ɴᴏ ʀᴇᴀsᴏɴ ᴀᴛ ᴀʟʟ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜᴍʙʀᴇʟʟᴀ ᴏғ ᴛᴇᴄʜɴɪǫᴜᴇs ᴀɴᴅ sᴛʏʟᴇs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴀʀᴇ ᴄᴏɴsɪᴅᴇʀᴇᴅ Exᴘᴇʀɪᴍᴇɴᴛᴀʟ ɪs ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs ᴇxᴘᴀɴᴅɪɴɢ. 

Monday, May 20, 2013

Rᴇsᴘᴏɴsᴇ ᴛᴏ Hᴀɴᴅ-Pᴀɪɴᴛɪɴɢ

Sᴏᴍᴇᴛɪᴍᴇs ғᴇᴇʟɪɴɢ ᴄᴀɴ ʙᴇ ᴅʀᴀᴡɴ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴍᴇɴᴛᴀʟ ғɪʟᴍs, ᴀɴᴅ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴛɪᴍᴇs ᴘᴇʀʜᴀᴘs ɴᴏᴛ ᴀᴛ ᴀʟʟ. Tʜɪs ғɪʟᴍ ɪɴ ᴘᴀʀᴛɪᴄᴜʟᴀʀ I ᴅɪᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ғɪɴᴅ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄʜᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴛᴏ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴏʀᴏᴜɢʜʟʏ ᴇɴᴊᴏʏᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ɴᴏɴᴇᴛʜᴇʟᴇss. Iᴛ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴇʏᴇ ᴄᴀᴛᴄʜɪɴɢ ᴀs ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴡᴀs ᴛʜʀᴏᴡɴ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴄᴏɴsᴛᴀɴᴛ ᴍᴏᴛɪᴏɴ. ɪʟᴇ ᴜɴsʏɴᴄʜᴇᴅ sᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴍᴀɢᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ʙᴇ ᴄᴏɴғᴜsɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅɪᴢᴢʏ, ʜᴇ ɪᴍᴀɢᴇs ʙᴇɪɴɢ ɪɴ sʏɴᴄʜ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ sᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ɪᴛ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴀᴘᴘᴇᴀʟɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴇss ᴛɪʀᴇsᴏᴍᴇ. Tʜᴇ ᴄᴏʟᴏʀs ᴀɴᴅ sʜᴀᴘᴇs ᴀʟsᴏ ʜᴀᴅ ᴅɪsᴛɪɴᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴘᴀᴛᴛᴇʀɴɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ʀʜʏᴛʜᴍ. Tʜᴇ ᴄᴏʟᴏʀs ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀsᴛ ᴀɢᴀɪɴsᴛ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ, sᴜᴄʜ ᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴀʀsʜ ʀᴇᴅ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛs. Wʜɪʟᴇ I ᴅɪᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ᴇɴᴊᴏʏ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ᴠᴇʀʏ ᴍᴜᴄʜ, sᴏᴍᴇ ᴄᴏʟᴏʀs ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴠɪsᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴘʟᴇᴀsɪɴɢ. Oᴠᴇʀᴀʟʟ, ᴛʜᴇ sʏᴍʙᴏʟs, ᴄᴏʟᴏʀs, ᴘᴀᴛᴛᴇʀɴ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴜsɪᴄ ᴡᴏʀᴋᴇᴅ ɴɪᴄᴇʟʏ ᴛᴏ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ᴍᴇ ғᴏᴄᴜsᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ғɪʟᴍ. Tʜᴇ ᴘᴀʀᴛɪᴄᴜʟᴀʀ sᴛʏʟᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴇᴄʜɴɪǫᴜᴇs ʙᴇᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴇᴠɪᴅᴇɴᴛ ᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ғɪʟᴍ ᴡᴇɴᴛ ᴏɴ. Wʜɪʟᴇ I ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ sᴘᴏʀᴀᴅɪᴄ, ɪᴛ ʀᴇᴍᴀɪɴᴇᴅ ᴄᴏɴsᴛᴀɴᴛ. Tʜᴇ ᴄᴏʟᴏʀs ᴀɴᴅ sʜᴀᴘᴇs ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴀʟsᴏ ʀᴇᴘᴇᴀᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʙʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ғɪʟᴍ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ ᴇᴀʀʟɪᴇʀ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛs ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ sʜᴀᴘᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏʟᴏʀs ᴡᴇʀᴇ ɪɴᴛʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴇᴅ. Wɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀʟʏɪɴɢ sᴏᴜɴᴅ, ᴛʜɪs ʀᴇᴘᴇᴛɪᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴍᴏᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴀᴛᴛᴇʀɴɪɴɢ ɢᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ғɪʟᴍ ᴀ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄᴀʟᴍɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ʜʏᴘɴᴏᴛɪᴄ ғᴇᴇʟ.