ENTRY #1

The primary question that arises when I think of a semester-long research project is, "How is this going to relate to my art and my education?".  What I want is to research something that is going to help integrate my studies from one department at Cornish to another.  Some topics I've thought about include the therapeutic effects of music on the body and mind, the history and role of equal temperament tuning, or other cultural music such as Indian or Turkish music.  Less musically related would be questions such as how crystal structures interact with subtle vibrations of matter, what relationship does the Mathematical Fingerprint of God have with mathematical areas of study, what is the torus and how does this pattern represent stability, and how does the Bates Method of Natural Vision Improvement work?  Most of these questions are recondite so an explanation would obviously be necessary.  I wouldn't want to make the paper dry either but I might actually use MLA format for citations just to be thorough. Since I'm interested in tons of different subjects, it will be good for me to focus on one and really wrap my mind around it. I'm really geared towards studying the Bates Method because it has a personal connection to myself and my experience but researching other worldly music would be related to my World Music Traditions class and it would be nice if I could somehow kill two birds with one stone in terms of homework or projects.