cosmolinguist | (Reply)

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I'm not seeing as much of it covered in media, but occasionally something pops up about a person who is doing interpretive work in their interpretation, rather than striving to replicate something for another person accurately. Before this, I think it was an ASL interpreter doing work in describing the musical experience for concerts instead of simply signing "music," which is pretty clearly anathema to what someone wants to experience at a musical concert. And then, as band folks, we usually watch something like Mr. Holland's Opus, and the ways that the music teacher tries to showcase his love of music for a child that can't hear. I'm not sure they held up well when the movie was new, and I'll bet they don't hold up all that well now, either.

I like the piece and the way that even in a textual medium, there's very clearly things I'm supposed to get as feelings or experiences out of it, so I think it's being made accessible to me, a sighted and hearing person.