Sunday, January 31, 2010

ISKL statement - Power of Void

The International School of Kuala Lumpur provides an exceptional education that challenges each student to develop the attitudes, skills, knowledge and understanding to become a (silence) highly successful, spirited, socially responsible global citizen.

Between these words in ISKL statement, I put the word 'silence' to create tension and curiosity for listener. The listener is very interested in the future of the students in ISKL, and if we pause where the word silence is, the listener will be curious and anxious at the same time. When the curiosity is formed, people will ask questions. The word 'silence' forms tension because there is no answer.
Part Two
Composers can create tension and release in their music by putting a pause, a rest or a surprise silence in their music. When there is a pause, the tension is created and makes people curious about the answer and reasons to this silence. They think what is going to happen after this silence. The silence will be few seconds but for the listeners, it will feel like more than 5 minutes. The void is created when the elements of music is taken away. Then the release of the silence (when the elements of music returns) will give the answer to the listeners.

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