ALTERED STATES OF DESCRIPTION: BONNY’S APPROACHES TO THE CUT LOG DIAGRAM, 1973–1978
Stephen Lett - Volume: 18
This article offers commentary and historical context for the first chapter of Helen L. Bonny’s 1978 monograph, The Role of Tape Music Programs in the GIM Process: Theory and Product. In particular, I explore how her approach to the Cut Log Diagram in this text relates to alternative approaches in earlier texts. Drawing on materials in the Archives for Guided Imagery and Music, I demonstrate that this diagram began as a guided imagery practice that only later developed into the written diagram we know today. Alongside this shift in form, I show how Bonny’s discourse changes from experiential to didactic during this period. To conclude I propose that in reading Bonny’s more didactic texts, we remain cognizant of her experiential investments.
Keywords: Cut Log Diagram, Experiential, Didactic, Theory, Consciousness
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