Of
the
thesis
entitled: Singing
and Making
the
Inflection
Abstract:
In
my
left
hand
I
hold
a
thin
piece
of
scrap wood
about
the
length
of
my
forearm.
In
my
right
hand,
a
chisel-ground
knife called
a
kiridashi.
I
push
the
knife
into
the
wood,
and
I
observe
the
shaving extend
out
and
curl
outward.
This
thesis
is
simultaneously
a
search
of
the meaning
in
this
inflection
initiated
in
wood,
and
an
exploration
of
a
way
to continue
that
inflection.
As
I
continue
working
the
inflection
of
curling
wood, I
begin
a
process
of
making. First,
whittling
pieces
of
wood,
then,
making
spoons and
bowls,
then,
making
carving
tools,
then,
making
copper-working
tools,
then, making
copper
bowls
and
dishes,
finally,
renovating
a
tea
pavilion
which
I built
years before.
However,
I
am
interested
not
so
much
in
the
process
of making as
I
am
in
the
process
of remaking. As
I
carve
the
recess
of
a
bowl,
or
hammer
a
curve
into
the
cutting
edge
of
an adze
iron,
I
am
not
investigating
the making
of
that
object
in
isolation,
but instead
interpret
that
act
of
making
that
particular
thing
as
an
act
of
remaking the
original
inflection
I
first
observed
in
a
curling
shaving
of
wood.
I
owe
the
conviction
and
patience
needed
for this
thesis
greatly
to
my
studies
in
music.
It
prepared
me
for
the
slow
and intuitive
process
of
remaking.
Supervisor:
Committee Members:
Robert Jan van Pelt, University of Waterloo
Andrew Levitt, University of Waterloo
Dereck Revington, University of Waterloo
External Reader:
David Lieberman
The
committee
has
been
approved
as
authorized
by
the
Graduate
Studies
Committee.
The
Defence
Examination
will
take
place:
Thursday
June
9,
2016
9:00AM
ARC
2026
A
copy
of
the
thesis
is
available
for
perusal
in
ARC
2106A.