Emblem of Exactitude.
My emblem for exactitude is a musical instrument. With a musical instrument, you can blow in the instrument a certain way, push down on a particular key, make a note shorter, more staccato, or make it longer and slurred – you can control the way in which the sound comes out into the world. The sound comes out in an exact way.
For many years, I played the piano. You can create tone, rhythm, a certain vibe. If you want the music to sound jazzy, certain beat and chord combinations help create this mood. If you want something to sound slow and connected, you can step on a peddle to make the notes blur from one to the next.
I also played the flute for a long time. With the flute, you can blow into the instrument stronger to create a louder sound. You can barely blow in it at all, and the sound will be soft. Based on how fast your move your tongue to create notes, the notes can come out fast and clipped or long and smooth. With this instrument, like with other instruments, you can create an exact sound, emotion, atmosphere.
Much like the E-lit piece that used different texture, or landscapes, to evoke a particular image, an instrument can control mood, as well. To a degree, you can make that instrument obedient, or exact, much in the way Ella behaves in the novel and movie. Music has power in its exactitude – it has the power to move, to sway, to make people think in a certain manner. Like a crystal can create an exact shape and reflect images, an instrument can create an exact sound and reflect a mood. Words, images, music – they speak in exact ways. They say something specific. They say a lot.
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