Art and energy:
The human being who wishes to live in
accordance with modern times, should know that all processes in which we
participate, each and every one, are made on the basis of energy, they affect
our energy and end up affecting the energy of others.
Using scientific language, we could say that
energy is the fundamental parameter of all processes.
Energy is unique, in the same way as the
Universe is a unit despite the fact that we could identify different objects
within it. The human being with his creations is another sub-unit of the
Universe, as is the society of which he forms part.
When we go from one place to another or when we
are told about events taking place in other continents, we realise that the
notion itself of space or distance diminishes. We assimilate, even without being
aware of it, that places are now no longer near or far. It all depends on the
energy that we posses to travel from one place to another. Therefore, instead
of speaking of space, which, not with-standing, in an absolute concept, we
should speak in terms of Spatial Sensation, as being nearer or further away
only depends on perception. In the same way, we understand that time is nothing
more than a measure of the energy invested in any vital process, that is, we
should also speak in terms of Temporal Sensation.
Change of position has been described until now
from the point of view of dynamics: we require a power to move the plane that
transports us. This superficial vision even ignores an old Aristotelian
statement: “one cannot separate movement from the body moved“. Indeed, changes
in position caused by energy are mere processes associated with changes within
bodies and, therefore, reflect on the emission frequencies of the same. Once
again, energy appears in perception but now through changes induced in bodies.
The concept of perception is much wider than
what has been through up to now, apart from awareness that we have of it, the
reality is that we perceive energy and we are extremely sensitive to any field
of energy created by ourselves or by surroundings.
These basic ideas are fully valid in the field
of Art. Let’s look at some examples.
Within a building, or on a stage, we see the
interior space in a global way through sight and sound. We have a Spatial
Sensation that depends on two parameters; the first parameter is the power per
surface unit of the waves perceived, that is, low frequency for acoustic
perception and high frequency for visual perception. The second parameter is
the distance at which we find the surfaces emitting or reflecting sound or
light. Lastly, the stimulus of this sensation is the emitting or reflecting
power of the surfaces of the space, similar result to the power of the car or
plane that helps us to move from one
place to another when we travel. This is the most superficial vision of
Architecture.
Each of the architectonics shapes has an
internal energy associated with it that are even able to asses. For example, we
share, as it has been proved, the qualitative vision of Leonardo de Vinci when
he associated platonic solids with energy of different sates of matter: cube is
earth (solid), icosahedron is water (liquid), octahedron is air (gas),
tetrahedron is fire (plasma) and dodecahedron is the cosmos. In others words,
an architectonic shape (matter + geometry) creates fields inside itself that
affect the people dwelling therein. The more it contributes in increasing their
perception (glass, transparency ) and their inner magnetic field (compression
conducting materials), the more beneficial its effects will be.
Let us leave functional volume and turn to the
plane. In painting we can speak of two stimuli. The first ,if it exists, is the
interpretation of sensations associated with figurative subject . The second
stimulus, that we will comment on in greater detail, always appears, and is the
effect on our mind of the radiation emitted by the surface, that is the
radiation of geometry + colour + light. The first description of this stimulus
corresponds to the concept of Spatial Sensation but, on looking more closely,
we find that ,although the eye perceives the surface as a unit, it still
analyses it to extract a set of frequencies, each of them being stimulators
of the different sensitivities contained in our mind.
We will end this brief summary by commenting on
dance:
The stage with its lights, shapes and colours
creates a spatial sensation modifiable by the lights of the theatrical
apparatus or eliminated drastically by concentrating the spotlights on the
dancers. Music contributes to spatial sensation perception of the theatre,
without counting the stimulus created by each of the frequencies corresponding
to notes emitted. Movement is coordinated and integrated into the atmosphere.
In dance, we identify an initial stimulus in
the spectator who understand the meaning of the integrated body language. But
furthermore, and apart from this, the spectator perceives the stimulus
associated with movement. Changes of position, change of shapes, etc. are
perceived as energy fields by the spectator. For example, if the spectator
observes the turn of a body he could also be aware of the generation of a
magnetic field in the dancers that gives them energy and even helps them to
concentrate. Movements (from one place to another or turns) initiated in a
sudden fashion, that is, powerful accelerations, demand very high power
consummation that is also perceived by the spectator, etc Finally, another way
to describe movement is on the basis of continuous changes in the reference
system for the spectator himself, that also requires having recourse to energy.