# data[].attributes.body
"Everyone knows the critical moment, whatever the circumstances, when confusion ends and understanding begins: I'm not lost anymore; I can see the way ahead"- Ben Ratliff

# data[].attributes.body
"But music doesn't have to be set at right angles. It does not have to be square or symmetrical or neatly sequential. " -  Ben Ratliff

# data[].attributes.body
This image best explains exclusivity and the initial reactions .Lost and confused, and wanting to understand, until someone helps you, someone who already knows, that's the concept of exclusivity, the sense that only few can know.
Source: https://www.caveolearning.com/the-business-case-for-learning-paths

# data[].attributes.body
This image is known as a stereogram, this image alone contains a skull hidden within, through the combining of multiple images and the help of our perceptive eyes, the skull can be uncovered. Like Linking, this image shares many traits with the concept, it relies on combining elements in order to create something unique, unlike anything else, as well as guides us through a perfectly crafted path that will lead to the message and meaning of the piece.
Source:
http://puzzlewocky.com/optical-illusions/3d-illusions/stereograms/

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Uploaded by Rosbergue alves da rocha on 2015-10-24.

# data[].attributes.body
When Listening to Tomorrow Sunny, I noticed how the seemingly contrasting sounds came together to form a sense o f movement and progression , as described by Ratliff.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Henry Threadgill & Zooid - Tomorrow Sunny

# data[].attributes.body
When we think of waves, we think of cycles and repetition, that seems to be never-ending, it could even be said that it's almost limitless in nature. Ratliff uses examples like this to help understand the concept of Linking. Linking is the combining of musical tones and pitches to create a new uniform sound, however more importantly is the fact that Linking is not just one definitive thing but that it can create limitless sounds.Ratliff helps clear away some confusion when he talks about Varese, a writer who best described this element through the words of Nathaniel Arbiter who stated: "But In spite of the limited variety of internal structures, the external forms of crystals are limitless. ". Linking is the subtleness of difference, and I and everyone else see this when we listen to other artists, and see how they have incorporated there own musical styles, each different than the other, at times similar, but never the same. This uniqueness can also be seen when Ratliff describes the element of exclusivity. Exclusivity as a whole is in many ways dependent on the listener and their reaction when they listen to a new genre or culture of music that is drastically different from theirs, a sense of confusion and intrigue, all at the same time is what truly defines this element, the want and longing for understanding of the music that only a select few understand, that is the heart of this concept.