Wednesday, February 13, 2008

..the 123 page book Meme.

Here are the rules:
1. Pick up the nearest book ( of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people.

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Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks
page 123 sentences 6,7,8

Transposing a piece of music, for someone with absolute pitch, can be analogous to painting a picture with all the wrong colors. Another difficulty was mentioned to me by the neurologist and musician Steven Frucht, who himself has absolute pitch. He sometimes experiences a certain difficulty in hearing intervals or harmonies because he is so conciouse of the chroma of the notes that compose them.

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sorry, I have nobody to tag
(they've all be taken)

I would be curious to know what revelations this Meme suggests.
Why the 123rd page?
Why the 6th, 7th & 8th sentences?
Why 5 people? Why not 4 or 6?

Most Meme's are designed to offer insight to the person
(Fav color, cola, music, movie, etc...)
I don't understand how lines 6,7,& 8 of page 123 offer any psycological insight to me.

1 comment:

margmor said...

OOOh you're reading Musicophilia?? I want to read that! Is it good?