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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                  
      build on the moment, always heading                      
      forward, never retracing steps, to                    
      realize inherent potentialities.  
                                        
      But creativity demands an open mind,     
      open to the possibilities inherent in    
      the medium, the Flow of sound.  
                                      
      Most often, the medium itself             
      _interacts_ with pre-thought ideas,         
      themselves simply mental abstractions   
      yet to be realized or actualized.                                  
      When an idea is made concrete in some      
      way, the medium not only expands it,     
      but often changes it.  The concrete       
      artistic "product" is a reflection of      
      both.                                    
                               p. 156  
                                             

                                             NEWTHINGS

        

           Like many people interested in
           improvisation, lately I've 
           been wondering things, like: 

               Is improvisation a goal, 
               or just a technique? 
                
               If it's a technique, 
               then what's the goal? 


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