le polygraphe - Blog Posts - Yoga Vidya International - Yoga, Meditation and Spirituality2024-03-28T09:11:59Zhttps://my.yoga-vidya.org/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/le+polygrapheConfrontation (Polygraph part 2 - revisited)https://my.yoga-vidya.org/profiles/blogs/confrontation-polygraph-part-2-revisited2012-07-24T16:30:00.000Z2012-07-24T16:30:00.000ZChristopher Stewarthttps://my.yoga-vidya.org/members/ChristopherStewart<div><p>« Polygraph » is intended as a portrait of human relationships turning to the sour, hinting at the necessity of constant kindness and genuineness. The suite lasts about ten minutes and is composed of the following four sections : « Exposition, » « Confrontation, » « Deliberation, » and « Vindication. »</p><p>While the introductory movement describes a heated yet still somewhat civilized exchange, the second chapter, « Confrontation, » aims to depict the often difficult yet cathartic experience of having to stand one's ground and defend one's views when criticism or outright attack threatens one's balance and inner peace.</p><p>The section was originally conceived as an instrumental wherein a dialogue between guitar and saxophone represents the conversation as it devolves into somewhat of a shouting match. Eventually though, I experimented with replacing the already written notes with words, more as a literary exercise than in an attempt to convert the piece into a sung duet. The undertaking proved harder than I had expected, but in hindsight that's what made it even more worthwhile. The lyrics are presented below, and assuming the HTML is preserved as posted, the replies of the guitar should appear in black on the right side, while those of the saxophone should be seen in white on the left side.<br /></p><div style="padding:16px;background-color:#aaaaaa;margin-left:64px;margin-right:64px;" align="left"><p style="text-align:right;background-color:#dddddd;padding:4px;color:#000000;"><em>Listen<br /> People<br /> I am here to tell you<br /> <br /> In this<br /> Matter<br /> I know better than you<br /> <br /> I have<br /> Learned about it<br /> It cannot be otherwise<br /> <br /> And all<br /> Who disagree<br /> Can only be telling lies</em></p><p style="text-align:left;background-color:#aaaaaa;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"><em>Please do<br /> Listen<br /> I have this to tell you<br /> <br /> In this<br /> Matter<br /> Don't let no one fool you<br /> <br /> Practice<br /> Self-reliance<br /> Better to trust your own eyes<br /> <br /> Don't let<br /> Anybody<br /> Try and tell you otherwise</em></p><p style="text-align:right;background-color:#dddddd;padding:4px;color:#000000;"><em>People<br /> Confide in me<br /> It is the truth I've read it</em></p><p style="text-align:left;background-color:#aaaaaa;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"><em>It does<br /> Not have to be<br /> We can transcend this limit</em></p><p style="text-align:right;background-color:#dddddd;padding:4px;color:#000000;"><em>No way<br /> No one<br /> escapes the consequence</em></p><p style="text-align:left;background-color:#aaaaaa;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"><em>Careful<br /> There are<br /> Flaws in your inference</em></p><p style="text-align:right;background-color:#dddddd;padding:4px;color:#000000;"><em>Untrue !<br /> Be wary folks !<br /> Do not hear this influence !</em></p><p style="text-align:left;background-color:#aaaaaa;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"><em>And what<br /> About this quote<br /> See I have the reference</em></p><p style="text-align:right;background-color:#dddddd;padding:4px;color:#000000;"><em>Merely<br /> Baseless belief !<br /> Nothing but pseudoscience !</em></p><p style="text-align:left;background-color:#aaaaaa;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"><em>See this<br /> Experiment<br /> More positive evidence</em></p><p style="text-align:right;background-color:#dddddd;padding:4px;color:#000000;"><em>I will<br /> Not accept this<br /> You're banned from the conference !</em></p><p style="text-align:left;background-color:#aaaaaa;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"><em>Unfair !</em></p><p style="text-align:right;background-color:#dddddd;padding:4px;color:#000000;"><em>Get out !</em></p><p style="text-align:left;background-color:#aaaaaa;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"><em>I'm not done !</em></p><p style="text-align:right;background-color:#dddddd;padding:4px;color:#000000;"><em>Go away !</em></p><p style="text-align:left;background-color:#aaaaaa;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"><em>That's mean !</em></p><p style="text-align:right;background-color:#dddddd;padding:4px;color:#000000;"><em>Who cares !</em></p><p style="text-align:left;background-color:#aaaaaa;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"><em>Let me in !</em></p><p style="text-align:right;background-color:#dddddd;padding:4px;color:#000000;"><em>Out you stay !</em></p><p style="text-align:left;background-color:#aaaaaa;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"><em>Listen</em></p><p style="text-align:right;background-color:#dddddd;padding:4px;color:#000000;"><em>Shut up !</em></p><p style="text-align:left;background-color:#aaaaaa;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"><em>I won't !</em></p><p style="text-align:right;background-color:#dddddd;padding:4px;color:#000000;"><em>That's enough !</em></p><p style="text-align:left;background-color:#aaaaaa;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"><em>Don't boss me !</em></p><p style="text-align:right;background-color:#dddddd;padding:4px;color:#000000;"><em>Stop !</em></p><p style="text-align:left;background-color:#aaaaaa;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"><em>Stop me !</em></p><p style="text-align:right;background-color:#dddddd;padding:4px;color:#000000;"><em>Silence !</em></p><p style="text-align:left;background-color:#aaaaaa;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"><em>No way !</em></p><p style="text-align:right;background-color:#dddddd;padding:4px;color:#000000;"><em>I warn you !</em></p><p style="text-align:left;background-color:#aaaaaa;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"><em>Oh no you don't !</em></p><p style="text-align:right;background-color:#dddddd;padding:4px;color:#000000;"><em>You're wrong</em></p><p style="text-align:left;background-color:#aaaaaa;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"><em>Says who ?</em></p><p style="text-align:right;background-color:#dddddd;padding:4px;color:#000000;"><em>I do</em></p><p style="text-align:left;background-color:#aaaaaa;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"><em>Small wonder</em></p><p style="text-align:right;background-color:#dddddd;padding:4px;color:#000000;"><em>You're claim is false !</em></p><p style="text-align:left;background-color:#aaaaaa;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"><em>It's true !</em></p><p style="text-align:right;background-color:#dddddd;padding:4px;color:#000000;"><em>Nonsense !</em></p><p style="text-align:left;background-color:#aaaaaa;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"><em>Here's proof</em></p><p style="text-align:right;background-color:#dddddd;padding:4px;color:#000000;"><em>You're lying !</em></p><p style="text-align:left;background-color:#aaaaaa;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"><em>Good luck with that !</em></p><p style="text-align:right;background-color:#dddddd;padding:4px;color:#000000;"><em>Leave now !</em></p><p style="text-align:left;background-color:#aaaaaa;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"><em>Make me !</em></p><p style="text-align:right;background-color:#dddddd;padding:4px;color:#000000;"><em>Obey !</em></p><p style="text-align:left;background-color:#aaaaaa;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"><em>First hear me !</em></p><p style="text-align:right;background-color:#dddddd;padding:4px;color:#000000;"><em>No I will not !</em></p><p style="text-align:left;background-color:#aaaaaa;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"><em>Then I will stay<br /> Give me my say<br /> These are no lies<br /> Apologize !</em></p><p></p></div></div>The Music Of Poligraf : Polygraph part 1https://my.yoga-vidya.org/profiles/blogs/the-music-of-poligraf-22009-06-26T14:54:46.000Z2009-06-26T14:54:46.000ZChristopher Stewarthttps://my.yoga-vidya.org/members/ChristopherStewart<div><p style="text-align:center;"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}9078781654,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="" width="444" height="371" /><br /><span style="font-size:x-small;">(<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Polygraaf.PNG">Polygraph</a> from U.S. Patent 4,333,084)</span></p><div align="center"><embed wmode="opaque" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/stlth/static/production/swf/audio_controller.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="100" flashvars="song_label=converted-poligraf.polygraph.v2.clip.pt1_converted.mp3&music_track=http://drop.io/download/public/yitf6xgg66zctclzxq4o/91a917c51565eaefc87fe13ffe1fb68b124537e8/fec2f1c0-8f72-012b-0587-f926bee67a06/4946f890-8f74-012b-bb96-faa1a54129cd/v2/content&autoplay=false" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal"></embed></div><p>The first part of "Polygraph" is entitled “Exposition” and aims to evoke a somewhat peaceful and relaxed dialogue, before the relationship slowly degrades to the point of sourness as personal values and beliefs are questioned and subjected to criticism. <br /><br />The Discipline-era King Crimson influence is undeniable here, and to my ear the second variation sounds like something from Steve Reich’s “Drumming.”</p><p>I have a particular fondness for that piece of music. One fine evening many years ago I stumbled upon the main motif while trying some tapping on my classical guitar. The TV was on to Robert Lepage’s movie “Le Polygraphe,” so when I got to sequencing the motif, I named the file “Polygraph.” The band was looking for its name at the time, and so I also added the word to the list of potential names that I would submit to the boys at rehearsals. An awful lot of names were suggested during that period, but “polygraph” was the first to which nobody voiced any objection, so we jumped on it.</p><p style="border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAAAAA;font-size:x-small;">The Music Of Poligraf series are reposts of writings and audio clips that have been originally published on <a href="http://poligraf.wordpress.com/">The Goal Was So Near</a> from November 2008 to April 2009, made available for those who missed the original Clip Of The Day series. <br /><br />If you enjoy what you hear, you are invited to visit the <a href="http://www.poligraf.net/en/music-index/">Music</a> section of our website and support our efforts by pre-ordering our first album entitled <a href="http://www.poligraf.net/en/music-album-samsara/">Samsara</a>.</p></div>Exposition (Polygraph part 1 - revisited)https://my.yoga-vidya.org/profiles/blogs/exposition-polygraph-part-12010-10-15T23:02:25.000Z2010-10-15T23:02:25.000ZChristopher Stewarthttps://my.yoga-vidya.org/members/ChristopherStewart<div><p style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://drop.io/download/public/yitf6xgg66zctclzxq4o/ab3eebc7e5f2fae384a8484c80c34b33e7f04455/Asset/48678918/v3/large_thumbnail" alt="" /> <br /><span style="font-size:x-small;">(<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BookFred_011.JPG">Untitled Artwork</a> by Fred Bonneau)</span></p><br /><div align="center"><object height="100" width="400" data="http://s3.amazonaws.com/stlth/static/production/swf/audio_controller.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" ></param><param name="allowNetworking" value="internal" ></param><param name="movie" value="http://s3.amazonaws.com/stlth/static/production/swf/audio_controller.swf" ></param><param name="wmode" value="opaque" ></param><param name="flashvars" value="song_label=poligraf.polygraph.v2.clip.pt1.mp3&music_track=http://d.rmb.io/download/public/yitf6xgg66zctclzxq4o/cc41cd06c3588002a433b8071f95bf79fc6da576/Asset/2533370/v3/web_preview&autoplay=false" ></param><embed wmode="opaque" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/stlth/static/production/swf/audio_controller.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="song_label=poligraf.polygraph.v2.clip.pt1.mp3&music_track=http://d.rmb.io/download/public/yitf6xgg66zctclzxq4o/cc41cd06c3588002a433b8071f95bf79fc6da576/Asset/2533370/v3/web_preview&autoplay=false" height="100" width="400" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal"></embed> </object></div><br /><p>« Polygraph » is intended as a portrait of human relationships turning to the sour, hinting at the necessity of constant genuineness. The composition lasts a little over 10 minutes and is composed of the following four sections :</p><br /><ol><li>Exposition</li><li>Confrontation</li><li>Consideration</li><li>Vindication</li></ol><br /><p>I have a particular fondness for that piece of music. One fine evening many years ago, the TV was on to Robert Lepage’s movie « Le Polygraphe » as I stumbled upon the main motif while trying some tapping patterns on my classical guitar. When time came to sequence the motif, the music reminded me of the movie and so I named the file « Polygraph. » The band was still looking for its name at the time, and I felt compelled to add this peculiar word to a growing list of potential names that were submitted weekly to the boys at rehearsals. An awful lot of names were suggested during that period, but « polygraph » was the first to which nobody voiced any objection, so we gratefully jumped on it, and the rest is history...</p><br /><p>The introductory movement of the suite is entitled « Exposition » and aims to evoke a heated yet still somewhat civilized exchange, not reaching the point where the relationship degrades to lower and better left undescribed levels of disrespect.</p><br /><p>The Discipline-era King Crimson influence is undeniable here, and to my ear the second variation sounds like something from Steve Reich’s « Drumming. »</p><br /><p>The lyrics to this first part are now, if not complete, at least pretty much done, as I have a feeling that I will revisit and tweak some of them before they are granted the seal of definitiveness.</p><br /><p><em>One says dark<br />One says light<br />Who's telling lies ?<br />Who's feeding the fight ?<br />Truth is on their side<br />Or so they proclaim<br />Both have their pride<br />And when they collide<br />It's no more a game<br /><br />One says black<br />One says white<br />Their exchanges<br />Are far from forthright<br />Trying to corner<br />And manipulate<br />Shame and dishonor<br />Demean the other<br />Or they will checkmate<br /><br />One says day<br />One says night<br />Hurtful replies<br />Are no oversight<br />Clever and nasty<br />Words don't betray spite<br />Yet they carry<br />All their enmity<br />Both can feel the bite<br /></em></p></div>