Sampling the life, to find reality

So, this is my first blog post.

Currently sat down to a mixture of sound, consisting of violin and thirty second samples of songs from spotify. Which, if you don't have, is essential.

After much deliberation I decided to name this blog, an attempt to make some sense. Whether aware of it or not, it seems to be the number one priority for most. I guess it dictates thought, words, actions amongst other things.

I am currently in the middle of finishing my dissertation and final composition at university, both of which are based around the idea of sampling.

My focus for both works have been largely musical, but the practice of sampling is surely a part of everyday life, in the things we do, think and say. Everyone draws of things they hear and see and adapt them into their own lives. Looking for a better future, they look to other aspects of life, and the past to find it. William Burroughs did after all say, "you cut up the past, to find the future".

You can take this as deep as you want. But I think it does go deeper than simply liking your mates t-shirt/jean combo and referencing it in your own attire.

How does it apply to faith and religion?

Can you draw from everything around you to find the real truth? Is it a set menu to choose from?

I won't recount my entire thought process of this, mainly as I don't really have the patience to sit hear for another half an hour! However...

One common world view is that all views, faiths and religions lead to God. A little bit of this, a little bit of that, and bish, bash, bosh, you have your faith. With good works, a feeling an self satisfaction and some obligatory laws to obey and you can generally find your way to the truth. You can take a bit of one faith, add some views that sound good from another, and you can generally find an answer that can satisfy the little niggling inside you that just wants to know who you are, what you mean, and why you are here.

Apart of me would love to a grand conclusion that my practice of sampling in music production correlates with faith. However, in the sense that you can take parts of other beliefs, religions and life to create, or find the faith that you are looking for, I can't see that it is possible.

I do think, that you can draw from life, to find the truth. There is one truth, which can be made more clear in a variety of ways, yet these different paths funnel into one way. That is the unexpected beauty of it.

I'm going to refrain from giving the end to my conclusion, but if you know me you could probably guess where I am heading. So you can sampling life to find reality. But it's not a simple matter of pasting things together to create that reality. I think its a case of referencing what you see and hear around you, and thinking, does this add up to life in its fullest reality. Drawing on what you see and hear can raise questions from existence to social justice. Those questions are fine on their own, but its what you do with them that counts.

If things were to stop now, do you have all the questions, and d o you have all the answers to those questions. I don't have all the answers yet. But I know the reality that those questions sit in. Anyway, just crossed my mind...