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>From: biesel@javelin.sim.es.com (Heiner Biesel)
Subject: Re: Intelligence, awareness, and esthetics
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rbrown@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Rich Brown -- Neither) writes:

>Shannon's _Information_Theory_and_Aesthetic_Perception_ contains some
>interesting analyses of how one might actually digitize the rate of information
>transfer associated with a work of art.  It has to do with viewing as a single
>system the object, the senses of the person apprehending the object, and the
>information conveyed.  More precisely, he is concerned with the _rate_ at which
>information is conveyed, rather than the _amount_ of information being
>conveyed.  In information-thoretic terms it is a model something like:
>	Transmitter-->Information Channel-->Receiver.

...[much detail deleted]...

Sounds both fascinating and utterly off the wall. I'd like to hear from
people who have read this and have some responses to it. I'll try to
track down the book.

I also vaguely recall some work by a "respected" scientist who analyzed
rhythmic elements of music (and poetry?) to derive certain key patterns
which were said to be indicative of certain moods, and triggered specific
emotional responses. Sorry, I don't recall the author, or the name given
to this subject.

Regards,
       Heiner biesel@thrall.sim.es.com


