lousy antennae

>On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Gary Morrison wrote:

> And there is theoretical reason to believe that these effects are as
> limited as they seem since, as John Chalmers accurately put it, humans are
> lousy antennae.
>

And on Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Bruce Kanzelmeyer replied:

> I agree to some extent that "bodies" are poor antennae but submit that the
> organizing fields of our bodies are very sensitive, though few are often
> conscious of these "feelings". When I get a chance I will post some
> additional info on this if anyone is interested.


Perhaps humans are lousy antennae because they haven't been properly tuned. If
the 'sensitivity' within ones hands can be increased with practice, (and no
musician could deny the possibility of this) what other sensitivities might be
'in waiting?' And what 'stations' might they be tuned in to? For example, a
chef's use of the 'sensitivity' in his hands could be looked at from the
perspective of being 'tuned to different station' than the one that a
cellist's might be tuned to. Each could also potentially increase in the
subtleties of awareness not fore seen until they arrived there. And this is
just in regards to the hands.

As much as I wish it weren't the case, I must admit that my perceptions are
only as keen as I have prepared them. Following on from that, one might even
go as far as arguing that the limits that I (as a lousy antenna) operate under
are self imposed.

But, then again one might not.


trey gunn

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