Art and ecology : an exploration of the nature of art through my own

I pose the argument that all artistic mediums have the same underlying storyline but with varying details. My purpose in writing this paper is to explore this curious phenomenon I felt working in the state park: When I decided to stop composing almost entirely for a duration of nine months and fill that void with recording, filming, and producing a “wildlife documentary”, I didn’t stop composing. It was curious to see how many of my colleagues innocently questioned the nature of my work, while I felt that constructing the project was really no different than writing a fugue, a contemporary piece, or any other classification of music. The harmless questioning, I should add, was integral for me to look within myself and question the nature of art so rigorously. This paper essentially answers why I, through my own experience and perception of things, was able to switch between two “genres” of art -- music composition and film production. There are components of this paper that meander from the project to allow preception of art to be broad, and open to discussion. I stress that the principles, conceptions, and opinions presented speak best to my own processes of synthesis.