I saw Alex’s tweet about #relearn 2
Developing a community of storytellers, that through sense making, allows a deeper narrative to flourish #relearnhttps://t.co/NiSHewFhkK
— Sporticus (@ImSporticus) January 27, 2016
… and thought about how we connect very many voices in a cooperative adventure. Perhaps we can learn from music for these narratives.
I think motets might help us.
Which took me to my CD of the Tallis Scholars and their rendition of Spem im Alium.
There is a YouTube version (9 minutes 40 seconds) for 40 voices:
https://youtu.be/iT-ZAAi4UQQ
This what it sounds like with 700 voices (11 minutes 33 seconds).
A flash mob rendition (9 minutes)
The Tallis motet was composed in the sixteenth century.
I liked this part of the Wikipedia account:
The work is a study in contrasts: the individual voices sing and are silent in turns, sometimes alone, sometimes in choirs, sometimes calling and answering, sometimes all together, so that, far from being a monotonous mess, the work is continually presenting new ideas.
This to me seems to be the essence of the #relearn conversations and the narratives (oral and written) that are emerging. I like the inclusive potential of these narratives: a choir of 40, a choir of 700; and a flash mob all seem great ways to share.
