美国康奈尔大学作业-Tuesday—Gilbert&Sullivan’s Ruddlgore, presented by Cornell Savoyards

美国康奈尔大学essay-Tuesday—Gilbert&Sullivan’s Ruddlgore, presented by Cornell Savoyards

 

 

I went to a concert at the Schwartz Center on June 25. I learned that the concert would present Gilbert&Sullivan’s Ruddlgore performed by a band named The Cornell Savoyards .To be honest, I knew extremely limited about this band and what they were going to bring to the audience . The performance began at 7:30 pm, so I arrived at the Schwartz Center several minutes earlier. The moment I stepped into the hall, I found that I was totally wrong about the performance . It was not a popular song concert actually . It was an opera. Operas written by Gilbert and Sullivan were very popular during the Victorian era and still bear a significant influence upon western society. Until then I realized that I should dress more formally tonight .我去了一个音乐会在施瓦兹中心于六月二十五日。我知道演唱会目前的吉尔伯特和沙利文的ruddlgore乐队演奏的命名为康奈尔savoyards。老实说，我知道极为有限，这个乐队，他们要带给观众。表现在7:30开始，所以我来到施瓦兹中心的几分钟前。当我走进大厅，我发现我完全错误的性能。这不是一首流行歌曲的演唱会。这是一部歌剧。吉尔伯特和沙利文写的剧很受欢迎，在维多利亚时代仍然具有重要影响，对西方社会。直到那时我才意识到我应该穿得更正式的今晚。

  

 

When players started to play , I found that the opera was quite relaxed and very different from that written by Wagner or Verdi. The music has a strong rhythm , which made me nearly applause with it. However , it was a pity that I cannot catch the lines they sang clearly . So I had no idea what the story is about. I think I should keep myself much more occupied with the opera or something like this to cultivate my own intuitive grasp of spiritual knowledge.

  

 

I had been very busy recently. Watching an opera like this provided me with an excellent opportunity to relax my brain , which was enough for someone who knows quite little about  serious music . This experience intrigued me to learn more about Gilbert&Sullivan’s work . Their work were really shocked, and moved me deeply. Hopefully , I could appreciate more than just melody the next time I enter an opera house .

 

 

Wednesday ----The happiness of pursuit: machineries of joy

After attending the lecture, I found the book “The Happiness of Pursuit: What Neuroscience Can Teach Us About the Good Life” by Shimon Edelman on internet. I loved this book after a couple of chapters following along with Edelman's train of thought. It offered insights to a thorough understanding of what minds are, how they relate to each other and to the world, and how we can make the best of it all. I enjoyed the mix of psychology, computer science and philosophy. First, I know how our brain works, what processes our mind has, and then I maybe apply the empirical scientific knowledge into our life.#p#分页标题#e#

 

 

Here are two examples: in a discussion of "who is wise?" he cites an opinion from the Talmud, and then discusses how to listen to women who would have been not even considered. At last, "he who learns from every body" is the conclusion of the discussion. Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others. Since Man can effect no great matter merely by his own personal Strength, but as he acts in Society and conjunction with others. 

 

 

The other example is more systemic: in demonstrating the magnitude of the unconscious calculation taking place all the time, he uses an excellent example of lifting a water glass to your mouth. Among the many brain events evoked by a visual stimulus, some ones are associated specifically with conscious perception, and others merely reflect nonconscious processing. During nonconscious processing, evidence would be accumulated locally within specialized subcircuits, but would fail to reach the threshold.

I believe I have thoroughly enjoyed the pursuit, from “what happened” to “how the human brain functions”. A fundamental understanding of pleasure and joy via the brain is present. When the things are happening, our brain is highly active, involved in patterned networks, and constantly learning from experience.

Old-Time Appalachin Music and Original- presented 

by Evil City String Band

 

 

Have you ever heard the saying that “No other medium is like music in demonstrating that kind of beauty which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent”? I actually experienced the wonderful felling. Recently, I watched a concert about old-time appalachin music and original on the Cornell Arts Quad by Evil City String Band which specializing in Old-Time style music with an original twist. Most music played in the concert was old and new songs blend harmoniously with their own compositions. But I am not a big fan to it when the event was first started. I just accompanied my friends there to feel the atmosphere. But you know when you're eighteen, life is so exciting and anything seems possible. Ever thousands of people flooded into the concert, and the concert was totally full, left no one seat empty. However something crazy happened. 

 

Anyway, the general vibe of the whole event was pretty fantastic. I was also shorked at how excellent their sound was compared to what I had listened before. It really can be called a Music Celebration, that produced great music like the voice of god and the scene atmosphere was pushed toward the climax time and time again. I began to like the musical event not only because of the music itself but also the people’s enthusiastic there. The vibe of the concert was pushed up to its climax with their strong performance. And at the end, the band seemed genuinely appreciative of the crowd's applause. And that's the funniest thing about the concert in my perspective and it is out of this world. I'm really honored to fell this kind of events just because somewhat accidentally and this is the hour of an ablution heart. music’s wide and long-standing appeal is beyond words.无论如何，整个事件的整体感觉很奇妙。我也shorked如何优秀的声音相比，我已经听过。它真的可以被称为音乐庆典，产生伟大的音乐像上帝的声音，现场气氛推向高潮，一次又一次。我开始喜欢音乐事件不仅是因为音乐本身也有人的热情。音乐会的气氛被推向高潮以强大的性能。最后，乐队似乎真的感谢大家的掌声。这是关于在我看演唱会最有趣的事是离开这个世界。我真的很荣幸掉这类事件只是因为有些意外，这是一个沐浴的心时。音乐的广泛和长期的吸引力是无法用语言表达的。#p#分页标题#e#