Ed Yong’s, “An Immense World” is an intricate piece of literature which explores different organism’s environmental conditions, or the unique worlds they understand through their senses. His book relates to humanity through our perspectives being different, even though we share the same senses. Because of this relationship, I chose this core text to base my artistic creation on. For my medium, I chose to craft a tune on the piano. This was the first idea that popped into my mind as I have been playing the piano since an early age and found it easy to express myself through it. Relating written literature into musical literature was difficult, but being satisfied with the end product was worthwhile.
Creating the song to convey several senses …show more content…
I wanted to tell a story with a song. I began with a simple pattern that the ear could follow which represented pheromones. Next, I added to that pattern by going up and down an octave while repeating it. To define an octave, it is made up of eight notes before those notes repeat but at a higher pitch. Using this, I attempted to introduce the idea that there were many animals, specifically ants, following a trail of pheromones. Then, the lead ant stops while those behind it continue, signified by the pattern stopping in the right hand as the left continues. I then inverse the pattern, playing it backwards. The ant turns back and forth, looking around for food or predators. Then the ants behind it, represented by the higher octave, follow the behavior because of the pheromones released. Now, the ants crawl up to another animal who is invading their territory. The sharp, abrupt dissonance in the chords resembles the pain ants are inflicting on a human who walked too close. Slowly, the ants dissipate off this person, and the pattern slows down and fades, shifting into a different Environment. This Environment is slower and more relaxed than the small ants. Humans …show more content…
Humans have five main senses that we perceive the world through, while other senses are arduous to comprehend. As Ed Yong describes, “(Pheromones) refers to chemical signals that carry messages between members of the same species” (Yong, 2022). Ants use pheromones to communicate with each other through receptors that can receive these chemical signals. Humans do not have any receptors to process pheromones, as we only have what is necessary for a sense of smell. Ants live in the same world as people, but see it through different senses. Ed Yong theorizes what another organism’s environmental condition may be like, but we can never truly experience
Creating the song to convey several senses …show more content…
I wanted to tell a story with a song. I began with a simple pattern that the ear could follow which represented pheromones. Next, I added to that pattern by going up and down an octave while repeating it. To define an octave, it is made up of eight notes before those notes repeat but at a higher pitch. Using this, I attempted to introduce the idea that there were many animals, specifically ants, following a trail of pheromones. Then, the lead ant stops while those behind it continue, signified by the pattern stopping in the right hand as the left continues. I then inverse the pattern, playing it backwards. The ant turns back and forth, looking around for food or predators. Then the ants behind it, represented by the higher octave, follow the behavior because of the pheromones released. Now, the ants crawl up to another animal who is invading their territory. The sharp, abrupt dissonance in the chords resembles the pain ants are inflicting on a human who walked too close. Slowly, the ants dissipate off this person, and the pattern slows down and fades, shifting into a different Environment. This Environment is slower and more relaxed than the small ants. Humans …show more content…
Humans have five main senses that we perceive the world through, while other senses are arduous to comprehend. As Ed Yong describes, “(Pheromones) refers to chemical signals that carry messages between members of the same species” (Yong, 2022). Ants use pheromones to communicate with each other through receptors that can receive these chemical signals. Humans do not have any receptors to process pheromones, as we only have what is necessary for a sense of smell. Ants live in the same world as people, but see it through different senses. Ed Yong theorizes what another organism’s environmental condition may be like, but we can never truly experience