Sonata Allegro

In Form & Analysis my natural inclinations were fully stripped and replaced with a similar structure that made perfect sense and could thereby be built upon.

Wether by unstripped predelection or carefully, mindfully crafted that way I believe the form of modern pop music is an extension of previous forms. Much like old, well-loved "drinking" secular tunes found their way into figured bass. Perhaps it was intended to give familiarity initially or maybe it was just an expression of what was stored in the composer's mind.

My most lucid expression of this sort of phenomenon happened at a Teacher Inservice where we were given tools and asked to create our own Mandala.

Others seemed tobe carefully choosing colors and shapes whereas I thought it was supposed to bean exercise to sort of suprise by letting our inneror creative self (at times referred to as a third eye) do what it will. Upon completion, others were selected to share what they drew as we were given instructions of what each portion would represent I noted they were all very thoughtful and truly one could see certain expressions in their art, whereas I had not thought first of what I was feeling was supposed to look like. I simply followed my fancy, but it was ironic how similar well- thought-out versions were.

How did our minds know how to express things that I assumed had no definition?

The same is true with all art. Even as a tiny child, I sort of instinctively knew to create songs in the format I heard. Later, when I saw that even my poetry followed perfect sonnet format it made me wonder. Perhaps I instinctively knew to copy what was familiar. I dunno. But, when I questioned that that "modern art" crap was actually art because it did not seem to capture any likeness I was aware of my father explained that anyone can easily create but to create within set parameters is art.