Both the Lydian Chromatic Concept and Takashi Yoshimoto’s Theory of Expression reject fixed norms and instead reconstruct order through the placement of a center.

 Both the Lydian Chromatic Concept and Takashi Yoshimoto’s Theory of Expression reject fixed norms and instead reconstruct order through the placement of a center. Just as the Lydian center (F♯) creates a gravitational gradient among pitches, the expressive subject generates a psychological and social field within language. Both emphasize an “oblique” structure in which independent axes interfere—modulation or contextual shift becomes the source of new meaning and resonance. If the LCC is a theory of gravitational harmony, Yoshimoto’s is a theory of linguistic gravity, each portraying a generative field where freedom and order coexist.