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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