Ma (間) is a Japanese word which can be roughly translated as “gap”, “space”, “pause” or “the space between two structural parts.” The spatial concept is experienced progressively through intervals of spatial designation. In Japanese, ma, the word for space, suggests interval. It is best described as a consciousness of place, not in the sense of an enclosed three-dimensional entity, but rather the simultaneous awareness of form and non-form deriving from an intensification of vision.
Ma is not something that is created by compositional elements; it is the thing that takes place in the imagination of the human who experiences these elements. Therefore ma can be defined as experiential place understood with emphasis on interval.
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In music the term “negative space” is rarely used. When it is, it most commonly refers to the pauses and silences between activity in a piece. I think I prefer the visual interpretation of negative space as a vein of duplicity; just as one’s eyes shift to perceive outline and form, so too do one’s ears shift focus and experience sound with some degree variation.
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A line that always rushes ahead, not by much, but noticeable; it’s there. I wish I knew more about him; more about her, but these circumstances were not procured by means of choice. None of us planned to distance ourselves, it’s just what happened. Instead of getting caught up in a history just out of reach, I am tasked with giving new value and integrity to a name that has, in an individually unique way, scarred each of us. That ends with me.
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