Passage of Desire: Improvisation and the Human Journey

By Dr. Susan Allen and Nicholas Chase

What is it we desire? Is what we desire what we need? Wars dominate our planet, and difference, uncertainty, unpredictability are feared. But these are the elements of diversity, the fabric of nature itself. Life is naturally unpredictable and we navigate toward what we desire by improvising in life. Living is improvising. If you're like many, you probably haven't heard of "Free Musical Improvisation." In Passage of Desire educator/improviser, Dr. Susan Allen and composer/improviser Nicholas Chase take radical leaps from a spectrum of philosophies and sciences to offer a paradigm that positions Free Improvisation as a path to being-in-the-world in way that is richly communicative, culturally diverse and personally holistic. Drawing from their life experiences, the authors present essays, interludes, and exercises to awaken your formal and sonic expectations of the world around you. Neither historical overview, nor musicological study, this book illuminates the sympathies between music improvisation in groups and daily life, and offers a fresh perspective on an artistically expressive practice traditionally associated with music performance. Passage of Desire points you toward the joy of process we find daily in the unscripted everyday details of life unfolding.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DDTXN1VN
• ISBN13: 9798332909306
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 7.5"