Diatonic, he heard the word in his head. Chromatic, pentatonic, hexatonic, heptatonic, octatonic, each iteration of the scale opening innumerable possibilities for harmony. He thought about the Pythagorean major third, the Didymus comma, the way the intervals sound out of tune rather than as though they were different notes. This, he thought, was where his brilliance at mathematics bled into his love of music; music was the realm in which his mathematical brain danced.
Diatonic, he heard the word in his head. Chromatic, pentatonic, hexatonic, heptatonic, octatonic, each iteration of the scale opening innumerable pos… - Ru Freeman
Diatonic, he heard the word in his head. Chromatic, pentatonic, hexatonic, heptatonic, octatonic, each iteration of the scale opening innumerable pos…
- Ru Freeman
There is no right and wrong, and precepts are for fools. Every thing is just as it is! And we must experience things without condemning them, because… - Ru Freeman
There is no right and wrong, and precepts are for fools. Every thing is just as it is! And we must experience things without condemning them, because…
War defined my entire childhood and youth and most of my adulthood too - and in the US, it continues to do so. - Ru Freeman
War defined my entire childhood and youth and most of my adulthood too - and in the US, it continues to do so.
I was interested in writing something that has meaning in the larger context of global conflicts anywhere. - Ru Freeman
I was interested in writing something that has meaning in the larger context of global conflicts anywhere.
Sri Lanka is a small island, and the war affected everybody. Everybody knew somebody who was killing or being killed. - Ru Freeman
Sri Lanka is a small island, and the war affected everybody. Everybody knew somebody who was killing or being killed.
I think a lot, so I don't spend a lot of time actually writing - I do that part very quickly. That helps, for me. To keep track of the characters. - Ru Freeman
I think a lot, so I don't spend a lot of time actually writing - I do that part very quickly. That helps, for me. To keep track of the characters.
My life is very busy with a lot of things, and so I don't get uninterrupted time. When I do, I can just write all day. - Ru Freeman
My life is very busy with a lot of things, and so I don't get uninterrupted time. When I do, I can just write all day.
Fiona McCrae is a really amazing editor. Really smart and very astute about what a story needs. - Ru Freeman
Fiona McCrae is a really amazing editor. Really smart and very astute about what a story needs.
Every new thing is a result of everything you wrote before. - Ru Freeman
Every new thing is a result of everything you wrote before.
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