Catching You Up
A preview of coming attractions that will -- if you let them -- engage and immerse you
As well as all the “big” stuff that needs heavy lifting, I want to take a Friday moment to offer a few items of interest that aren’t really clearly connected to anything.
Substack “Live”
I haven’t yet begun hosting this podcast-ish content on my Musimorphic Journey, but I will appear on one on Friday June 12 at 12pm Pacific Time, hosted by Wendi Gordon of “Changing Lives.” Join in here. Let’s help Wendi grow her audience!
Theories of Change
I’m very curious how and why people change. Not just the “change of mind” or “change of heart” sorts of change, but change that is transformational in some way. For example, the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) came about because one astronaut had a “unity consciousness” moment looking at earth from outer space. IONS is just one of several significant embodiments of “theories of change” at work in our world, and I’ve summarized the most relevant ones on this page. I’ll be writing more about this. As a subscriber, you get a first look at the latest draft.
It’s relatively easy to do the underlying research for data, and to present it in a user-friendly web space, both accomplished with Claude AI. I’ve placed the html in the public domain, so anyone with an interest can grab the code and play with it at will. Enjoy! NB: it's easiest to zoom in and out and move things around if you use a tablet. Comments welcome.
The Geometry of Consciousness
Have you ever stretched a rubber band until it makes sound when you pluck it? I suspect that the two end points and the middle of the vibrating rubber band are a clue to a new understanding of consciousness itself. That is, it’s not just high and low; consciousness is triangular viewed in two dimensions and tetrahedron-like viewed in three. Want to mess with that notion? I built a tool to do so, but the tool is just an intermediate stop on the way to using its insights. That’s a whole separate and necessary article. Until then, if you’re courageous and want a sneak peek at the tool, try this.
Adept readers will notice that there’s more than one way these tools connect to the “music and consciousness” series: part one and part two.
Consciousness Explorer
Lastly, because you’re already in the room and curious, I’ll reveal one of the tools I used this last voting season. I wanted to have a better understanding of political parties, as well as religious and economic belief systems, with the hope that it would help me at least evaluate “best” candidates based on my own, hopefully improved, current understanding. This one, too, needs some kind of basic explainer, so you’re probably going to need to be persistent to mine its insights.
Happy Friday!
I want to offer one more way that your Friday can be happy: don’t take out one more paid subscription. For anything. Seriously. There are apps that reveal how much you’re spending on subscriptions you probably have forgotten you have and I don’t want my little Substack to become one of those forgotten $6/month valueless drains on your time and treasure. I really don’t. So, if you find value here and want to support my work, there are non-subscription ways to do that, such as becoming a student or using this Venmo QR:
Thank you for being in the audience. Sometimes the stage lights make it hard to see the back of the hall, and yet I want you to know that I appreciate you and your desire to see what music can do. Without you, there would be no stage in the first place.
AHO!
Bill Protzmann has rediscovered the fundamental nature and purpose of music and accumulated a vast awareness of anthropology and sociology, as well as the effects of music, the arts, and information technology on human beings. Bill has experimented with what he has learned through performing concerts, giving lectures, facilitating workshops, and teaching classes. He first published on the powerful extensibility of music into the business realm in 2006 (here and abstract here). Ten years later, in 2016, he consolidated his work into the Musimorphic Quest. In this guided, gamified, experiential environment, participants discover and remember their innate connection to this ancient transformative technology. The National Council for Behavioral Healthcare recognized Bill in 2014 with an Inspiring Hope award for Artistic Expression, the industry equivalent of winning an Oscar.
In addition to individuals, Musimorphic programs support personal and professional development and wellness for businesses, NPOs and at-risk populations.