Musings on sound from Robert Colpitts

Our Monday 4/26 jam explored object work and sound.  Here are some observations that jammer Robert shared with us:

An object.  Does it make sound?  Does it move me?  Does it shake?  Does it rub?  Does it combine its movement with my own?  Tonight during the Movement Jam organized by the Anthropologists, we explored how objects make sound, and how those sounds inspire creation.  I left with many things, but with one that I want to share:  give performers and object, and let them play with it, to learn its music, its feel, its life.  In the final improvisation I was resting my chin on a bottle as I laid belly down on the ground.  As I watched the other group, the bottle sat right in front of me.  It became my bottle, my friend, my tool, my instrument.  It watched with me.  Tonight I gained respect for the possibility of one simple thing outside of myself presenting me with a constant stream of gifts to give and take.  One paragraph here, a gift to the artists who organized this evening.  I defy you to make me carriage return.  Take this object, and see what sounds it makes.  Tonight we went one two three four, sound was our focus, and creativity crawled out of our sleeves.  Great fun.  Rest now.  We are magicians, and a grand time we had!

- Robert