Process Philosophy & Music
Exploring the Connections Between
Philosophical and Musical Modes of Becoming
| WHAT? | Learning Circle |
| WHEN? | August 7 – 21, 2024 Meets weekly on Wednesdays 5:00 – 6:00 PM Pacific / 8:00 – 9:00 PM Eastern |
| WHERE? | Online Via Zoom |
| WHO? | Jay McDaniel |
This three-session conversation explores connections between process philosophy and music, focusing on the nature of music, different genres of music, music and community, music and therapy, music and ecology, music and cultural identity, music and technology, and music and spirituality. Facilitated by Jay McDaniel, it is open-ended and conversational in spirit, its purpose is to explore. It builds upon twenty key ideas introduced by Jay McDaniel in an essay in Open Horizons: https://www.openhorizons.org/process-and-music-twenty-key-ideas.html. This page and these ideas are the springboards for exploration.
“Process philosophy talks about the primacy of feelings in human life. Music is what feelings sound like. It is a means by which people hear the emotions of life, experienced by themselves and others, and thus a tutorial in empathy. Music is also a way that “relationality” comes down to earth through the music communities that shape people’s lives, give them nourishment, and help them develop a sense of identity.”
–Jay McDaniel
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About the Facilitator
Jay McDaniel is chair of the Board of Directors of the Center for Process Studies, former chair of the Cobb Institute, editor of Open Horizons, author and editor of more than ten books, and a member of two bands, one of which volunteers in senior citizen centers, with special focus on people with dementia, and the other of which plays pop/country/classic rock at a local restaurant where he lives. Jay plays guitar and sings.
Collaborators
This learning circle is made possible through a collaboration between the following:
The Cobb Institute’s
Music in Process Cohort
The Center for Process Studies
