Thursday, September 8, 2016

Cymatics

My first memory of cymatics was in 5th grade when I watched Jurassic Park for the first time. We all remember the scene of the T-rex stomping closer and closer and the waves in the water in the glass cup growing bigger and bigger. When sound is given a medium, it comes alive. Whether it be water, paint, sand or any other movable mass we have come to realize that the invisible wave of sound can make art. It makes sense because we understand how sound waves work but never before have we been able to visualize it. The field of cymatics is still very green and inexperienced but the possibilities seem endless in this hidden language of nature. In these sounds waves could be patterns. Patterns we could understand and create universal understandings for communication. Through these studies we have figured out how far whale mating calls travel. That dolphins give other members of its pod names and have a unique language with each other. All of this knowledge is locked away. But cymatics can help bridge us back with the animal kingdom or make beautiful art. The amount of possibilities is only limited to the imagination. 

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