I deleted my last post about The Rainbow Sphere, SID’s 1st Oz, etc. (I saved it to my blog, however). I’m going to attempt to tie theories more into information from existing posts here, and also material in the newer podcasts. Karl has the most exhaustive theories and reviews so far. Thank you Karl for continuing to be such a strong supporter for the film/album synchronicity phenomenon. It seems we kind of have a shared canon of works coming from the early 2000’s. I would definitely include Being Geddy Lee in this mix even though it is highly manipulated, and I’m looking forward to Dave’s upcoming, reshaped podcast as previously stated.
I was going to make a couple of comments about Karl’s “Simultaneity II” post, but I don’t think we can progress much further than we already have until some future podcasts are cleared. Afterwards we might have a better perspective for moving forward. I would greatly urge Karl to create a new podcast as well — it would help shape and refine his theories on a/v synching, allowing others to better understand what he’s attempting to convey.
An idea popped in my head while thinking about this whole synchronicity vs. synchronization debate: a “looking glass” particle linking the two. On one side you have the viewer and on the other side the creator. But there’s a blend or continuum between the two; they’re not separate entities. And the viewer can shape what is being viewed — become part of the creator — and visa versa. How about that theory? Any thoughts? What do you think Karl Tune, Mirror Living? This would be akin to the quantum physics idea of viewer/viewed interaction on a sub-atomic level. The basis would be heightened emotions. It’s very interesting how strongly we are affected by certain synchronicities. This would apply to group viewings (of the same synch) and group creations as well. We must better define the creator, the created, and the viewer.
Some of the speculation on this would sound a little crazy. I’ll give an example. Is it possible that Randy and I were subconsciously affecting each other across time through a “shared” synch involving “Sing’n in the Rain”? Look at the components, and how we were drawn to similar, matching tracks for similar reasons. We both found “wow moments” and backtracked to a beginning cue. We both let it stand as is otherwise (the “1 drop synch” — great term again!). Was it fate at this point in time that this matching was found? What is it saying; what are the deeper implications? Or is this just a randomly occurring confluence, deserving no additional attention?
We can see this particular configuration as a triangle:
Sing’n in the Rain (shared video segment; top of triangle) – Dancing with Myself (Randy’s audio) – Standing in the Rain (my audio).I’m going to add one more thing here. The concept of tiling as I’ve been practicing it for over a decade now absolutely *shatters* any a/v synching theory based exclusively on synchronization. There’s no turning back from this.
Then a follow up in the same thread:
Additional note: I’m on for a new podcast. Karl, like I said… just do it. I’ll have an example work to demonstrate the process of tiling and high oddness without possible “synchronization”. 🙂 If you would like to see this work, actually a 2 parter composed of 1 hour mixes each, let me know and I’ll drop you some links. This 1st part is called Empire Strikes Brak, and the second half is Uncle Meatwad. It’s a mixture of funny and tragic. I’ll also give out a blog post link on the subject soon. I’ll also catch up on all the podcasts asap. Look at websites, etc.
So the cats kind of out of the bag now. 🙂
Empire Strikes Brak = Carrcass+0
Uncle Meatwad = Carrcass-0
These audiovisual synchronicities work either together or as separate pieces. The second begins where the first ends (“into the light”). I’ll have more details about these works soon. They’ve been referred to quite a lot on this blog lately, and that’s why I thought they’d be good candidates as example synchronicities in my projected podcast coming up. Many characters from Collagesity also appear in the synchs (and visa versa of course), or, more specifically, Carrcass-0/Uncle Meatwad. Here are some pictures of what I’m talking about. Excitement!
Sunklands 