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IMPULSE

   Tom Nunn, one of the Bay Area's
   masters of improvised music, has
   written a book on the subject:
   _The Wisdom of the Impulse_:

      "Ultimately, free improvisation can be
      applied to any artistic medium if the
      PROCESS is one of on-going association
      and self-realization of the artwork.
      Real time need not be a factor, the
      PROCESS is essentially the same -- to        "By simply rearranging the
      build on the moment, always heading          elements you have at hand,
      forward, never retracing steps, to           you can create an entirely
      realize inherent potentialities.             new universe. ...
                                                   improvisation goes beyond
      "But creativity demands an open mind,        mere political and social
      open to the possibilities inherent in        ideals and becomes living
      the medium, the Flow of sound.               communication. Sound and
                                                   meaning from people for
      "Most often, the medium itself               whom 'mistakes' provide a
      _interacts_ with pre-thought ideas,          view into the future rather
      themselves simply mental abstractions        than discouragement."
      yet to be realized or actualized.
      When an idea is made concrete in some           Gino Robair, liner notes
      way, the medium not only expands it,            "(Yearbook) Volume 1"
      but often changes it.  The concrete             (1992) Rastascan
      artistic 'product' is a reflection of
      both."
                               p. 156


                                             NEWTHINGS



           Like many people interested in
           improvisation, lately I've
           been wondering things, like:              "Wind:
                                                      Play on.
               Is improvisation a goal,               There is nor hope
               or just a technique?                   nor mutiny
                                                      in you."
               If it's a technique,
               then what's the goal?                  Alfred Kreymborg,
                                                      "Improvisations"


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