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The Sound of Sewing

                        https://soundcloud.com/zyon-smiley/process-piece-audio/s-NiETz There is something satisfying about the sound of an object being cut.  That sound can signal a great change, something being altered from its natural state to something completely different.  It is the sound of destiny and the future being made.  It is the sound of crafts, and creation.  That one sound is what lead our group to choose our particular process for the audio process piece.  Our object that is being changed forever is fabric, as it is being prepared for sewing.  The fabric is going from a state of almost no use, except to be pretty, to something more useful, and something that will fulfill its purpose in being a new creation.  It could be a pair of pants, a shirt, a blanket, whatever the creator desires it to be.  That is what stuck with us when we heard that sound of the sewing mach...

Music Mosaic - Memories in a Ballad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBQNL3tXP2E               In all honesty, it took me a while to narrow down what I was imagining in my head and make it into something visual, something that accompanied the music that was playing from the speakers of my laptop.  I knew what the music was making me feel, but it was indeed hard to describe, let alone make into reality.  What it eventually narrowed down to was the feeling of searching--searching for something lost or forgotten.  Trying to find one's self and reflecting on the past.  This song became one of reflection, of longing for the past, with its dream-like melody, and moments of faster pace.   The melody that begins the song starts off slow, with low notes that are often treated with the company of higher notes.  The way that the melody winds its way down into a sadder melody seems like a progression into thought, ...