Day 17: Then the music begins to suggest other things to your imagination.-- Deems Taylor

Then the music begins to suggest other things to your imagination.-- Deems Taylor

This quote comes to us when the narrator, Deems Taylor, introduces us to the first music segment: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Johan Bach, an instrumental song that is animated by the Walt Disney Animators. 

Do you ever listen to music? Do you listen to it because it's required for school or because it's playing in the background? Perhaps you just listen to it for fun. What kind of styles do you like to listen to: Classical, Pop, Country, Show Tunes, Rap, Christmas, Gospel, Bluegrass, something else? Do you ever close your eyes while you're listening to it and let it take you on a journey? What kind of journey does it take you on while you do?

Music, even ones without words, has a way of painting a picture. Each piece of music we listen to has its own beat, its own life, its own story, its own personality. It has a way of energizing us or making us fall asleep. It also unlocks feelings and emotions, or forgotten memories. It also has a way of getting our imaginations to run wild. In making Fantasia, the Disney animators let their imaginations run wild in giving wordless music more of a story and heart. When you hear the same music with your eyes closed do you see the same stories or perhaps something different?

So until next time always listen for the heart of the music and as always Keep Cooking with Character!