Thursday, December 1, 2005
David's Enthusiasm
David Pogue has an infectious way of communicating his desire to be amazed and delighted. He writes the best manuals and how-to computer articles — with wonderful clarity, and most importantly, a marvelous ability to sense the questions that arise as you read his books, and then answer those questions, right then and there. Pogue is a chirpy geek, the Doug Henning of computerdom, amazed by his own amazement.
Pogue writes an email column which he sends out on the day Circuits is published by the NYT. He has found something to be amazed about in his latest mailing. It is a DVD called Animusic — a combo of animation with synthesized music. The result is well, um, chirpy and geeky.
David has determined that the content of this DVD is art because…
The best part of Animusic …is people's reactions. …if viewer conversation, discussion and thinking are part of the definition — it's art.
Well Dave, for you, that's what art is.
David points to the site of this clever and entertaining stuff: “You can see and hear segments of the Animusic tracks at www.animusic.com, although you should remember that the effect is 100 times more powerful when played on a TV (especially a big one) and through a sound system, preferably 5.1 Dolby surround.”