This is a 2d representational diagram of the hypothetical field of my taste, however in reality this field would have an almost infinite number of axes, as they would be going in all different directions in a 3-dimensional manor, as different aspects of music show different kinds of characteristics and have differing degrees of relative correlation to each other.
After reviewing this representation drawn in this image I realised there was a flaw, as one axis cannot represent both complexity, dissonance and chaos on one end and simplicity, harmony and minimalism on the other, because there is music that is both complex yet harmonious, and music that can be simple yet dissonant. So therefore I had to think again about the representation of the axis I wanted to explore, and how a it would look.
The points ‘A’ and ‘B’ are the two points of this axis that I will be exploring, they represent the two furthest points in the cross-section of the two axes (dissonance – harmony & complexity – simplicity). Of course these aspects such as simplicity and complexity are relative ideas, as some things that may appear simple may actually be very complex when thought of in a different way, however I’m going off the relative ideas of simplicity and complexity. There are also many more axis of this hypothetical space, but it would be too complex and messy attempting to represent any more, and finding these fanout points is already complex in posing the questions such as ‘would I not like any music more relatively simple (or complex) than this?’ and also ‘to what degree do I like something for it to be definitively within the area of my taste?’. That second question is something I’ve been grappling with through this project, as I believe the borderline of taste is not so clear or definitive, and is quite blurry, as when reaching the furthest out points, I reach areas where I find music that I appreciate aspects of, or enjoy artistically, but wouldn’t listen to very often, and then some that I can appreciate but would only very rarely listen to again.