Power of Three
Mostly what I have been trying to do recently is to mindfully pare down options. In visual art I reduce options to 2 or 3. 1 is too limiting, 2 allows for things to be either/or, 3 has a "trap door" from binary. As it relates to color, red was that trap door from black and white in terms of making something generative in nature, that had only 3 options.
2 and 3 in music relate to duple and triple meters, as well as groupings in odd meters 5/8 (3+2), 7/8 (2+2+3), etc. 6/8 is both 2 and 3 (duple/triple).
I was a Lego child, and like many boomer children all we had sometimes were blocks, or empty boxes to make something with. From Legos grew an interest in architecture. From architecture grew an interest in art, then music.
In the 90s I thought Rupert Sheldrake's theory of morphic fields seemed logical. The organization of the entire system from smallest to largest, ultimately defined the shape of something.
The power of three perhaps is that kind of "field" for creativity.
2 and 3 in music relate to duple and triple meters, as well as groupings in odd meters 5/8 (3+2), 7/8 (2+2+3), etc. 6/8 is both 2 and 3 (duple/triple).
I was a Lego child, and like many boomer children all we had sometimes were blocks, or empty boxes to make something with. From Legos grew an interest in architecture. From architecture grew an interest in art, then music.
In the 90s I thought Rupert Sheldrake's theory of morphic fields seemed logical. The organization of the entire system from smallest to largest, ultimately defined the shape of something.
The power of three perhaps is that kind of "field" for creativity.
