Improvising a Galaxy: Jazz Music, Asimov’s Foundation, and the Dance of Life
Inspired in part by Snaggle feat ALI BROS' new record "FOUNDATION", Graham Lau, known as "The Cosmobiologist", wrote an incredible essay ruminating on Jazz, Asimov, and the origins of life. It's a thought provoking essay and one I found particularly interesting to read. Here's a scientist who hasn't spent a lot of time with the jazz artform previously and yet really gets and recognizes what we're trying to do, this is how he closes his piece:
"If we want to glimpse what comes next, for our own civilization or for life elsewhere, we need to know the structures we’re bound by, listen closely to what music has come before, and also leave room for improvisations, including those that might not seem so likely."
I know I've heard Brownman Ali say similar things about the Jazz artform itself many times it's cool to see folks in other disciplines arrive in ideologically similar places as us artistically from entirely different angles. It just goes to show that there are kindred spirits all over! Check out the article, it's a good read!
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