Concerning music. One of the delights of being a professor of communication
is that it is legitimate to teach about things like music and film, which
means opportunities to experience and reflect on these topics as well.
My frustration in dealin with this topic on xmca is that words seriously
fail us when we switch media to the visual and non-language aural
media.
Peter's post reinforces an idea I got while listening to a presentation
on NPR yesterday afternoon where bach, beethoven and mozart were
discussed/analyzed in a CD book. If we each had a common CD so we could
listen to the same music and in this (limited) sense, share the same
object, we might be able to communicate more effectively. Anyone out
there interested in organized a "isten along"?
mike