yang image of fire yin image of smoke

YANG

INSPIRED BY THE CHINESE BOOK OF CHANGES, THE CONCEPT OF "STREAMING CONSCIOUSNESS" INVOLVES CHANGE THAT OCCURS IN NATURE WHEN THERE IS IMBALANCE BETWEEN TWO OPPOSING FORCES, YIN AND YANG.

YANG, REPRESENTED BY FIRE, IS COOLED BY YIN, REPRESENTED BY WATER AND SMOKE IN A CYCLE OF PERPETUAL MOTION. OPTIMAL HEALTH IS ACHIEVED WHEN THERE IS A BALANCE BETWEEN YIN AND YANG ENERGIES IN THE BODY.

YIN

THE MUSIC WAS COMPOSED WITH THE INTENT OF CREATING AUDIO THAT WOULD MOVE THE INDIVIDUAL IN AND OUT OF A VARIETY OF OF MENTAL STATES, SWITCHING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN BETA, ALPHA, THETA AND DELTA FREQUENCEIS. THE COMPOSITION'S CONCLUSION IS INTENDED TO BRING THE LISTENER TO A BALANCED STATE OF MIND, CHARACTERIZED BY A DEEP LEVEL OF PHYSICAL RELAXATION AND FOCUSED MENTAL ACTIVITY. THIS BALANCE REFLECTS A HARMONIUS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YIN AND YANG ENERGIES. Audio mp3

The brain wave music composition was designed with IBVA, an Interactive Visual Analyzer Brainwave interface to the computer, which enables neural audio imaging, terminology coined to describe a process that uses a brain wave interface to the computer to interact with multimedia events.

"Streaming Consciousness"

Paras West Productions
Brain wave data, was collected via three electrodes on a headband and input to the computer. Neural signals were output and converted to midi data by a midi translater. The midi data was then input to a Roland XP-30 electronic keyboard synthesizer and a Yamaha Clavinova keyboard. Frequency changes in neural activity produced by brain wave switching were input to DigiDesign's ProTools where they were composed and output to audio CD format.