“Think of the tools in a tool-box: there is a hammer, pliers, a saw, a screwdriver, a rule, a glue-pot, nails and screws.--The function of words are as diverse as the functions of these objects.” ThinkingLanguageSawsObjectsToolsFunctionBoxesPotDiverseNailsScrewsHammersGlueScrewdriversPliersTool Boxes Author:Ludwig Wittgenstein
“Some songs seem to achieve the quality of a geometric object - a ball, box, or cone - and I don't mess with 'em.” SeemsSongQualityAchieveObjectsBallsBoxesMessEmsConesGeometric Author:Peter Blegvad
“My first tape piece was made with that Sears Roebuck recorder. I modified sound using cardboard tubes with a microphone in the end to filter the sound. I had a wooden apple box with a Piezo [contact] mic and little objects that I could amplify on the box. I used the bathtub for reverberation.” FirstsLittlesMadeEndsUsedSoundPiecesObjectsBoxesContactApplesTapeTubesFiltersMicrophonesRecordersMicsAmplifyBathtubsSearsReverberation Author:Pauline Oliveros
“Science fiction went through a period that was mostly object-oriented or inventions for distant galaxies.But when we cracked the genetic DNA code, opened the big Pandora's box, and it really did become possible to produce chimeras, my ears shot up.” BigsFictionObjectsProducePeriodsShotsEarsScience FictionBoxesInventionCodeDnaGalaxyCrackedPandoraChimeraPandora's Box Author:Margaret Atwood