Ron
Cobb, the cartoonist who is best known for designing the spaceship
and most of the hardware for the movie Alien,
once said that, “Science fiction has always been a verb to me.”
Sadly,
most sci-fi products these days just want us all to keep being good,
hungry, passive consumers. Buy, don’t do. Consume, don’t create.
Ugh!
Extraterrestrial Organology: The Study of Future Wind Instruments
by
Ronald J. Wimmer, on the other hand, says, “May this inspire you to
make your own musical instruments.” Don’t just read, or watch
entertainment about exploring strange new worlds, seeking out new
life, and new civilizations, and boldly going where you have never
gone before, but create the instrumentality of the future. Create new
culture. Make the future.
It
is inspired by Jesus Christ, who allowed Wimmer to hear, “For
approximately five seconds . . . angelic music.” He immediately
realized that the sound would be impossible to replicate. “That is
when I had the realization to make musical instruments.”
He
also lists as inspirations: Antoine-Joseph Aldolphe Sax, inventor of
the saxophone,René Stapp, inventor of the Jupiter land speed
record car, a Japanese
Zen haiku poet and a Buddhist monk. Photos used show that he is
familiar with funky TV and movie productions from the black&white
era. Talk about cultural diversity.
He
also looks like a classic science fiction fan. One photo shows him
with ufologist Dr. Staton Friedman and Kathleen Mardeen, niece of
Betty Hill of the well-known Betty and Barney Hill UFO incident.
It’s
a slim book, but is packed with actual content, as well as
spaceship paintings by his wife, Luela, and lots of color photos of
historic, weird instruments, and those created by Wimmer, often with
him holding them and wearing an impressive array of sci-fi regalia.
In
the text, facts blend with science fiction. “I suggest you research
orgone and its discoverer Dr. Wilheim Reich . . .”
Wimmer’s
instruments have been displayed in galleries and art shows in
Arizona. The art form has incredible possibilities. I’d like to see
more people creating such wonders.
Wimmer cops to hearing angelic music due to Jesus Christ's authority. Wow, that takes balls, to publicly attribute anything to JC during this age of atheist enlightenment. You too, Herr Hogan, showing major spine, citing Wimmer's JC attribution. You could have easily omitted it. Hahaa, in contrast, so many famous musical artistss today, attribute their inspiration to the other side or New Age supernatural entities.
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