I was first
introduced to painting by my mother. Even before conscious
memory the smell of turpentine permeated the air; And I always
loved to get (in) to the paint. Sometime before 1956 I first
came across the sound of a piano on the radio. But it was
the sound of the guitar in 1962 that captivated me even further.
I was struck by the voice-like sonority, fullness and omni-dimensional
presence: almost as if it was sculpted. It was this feeling
that I connected art and music. I still see and hear correlation
within each, and see no separation between art and music.
It is with this spirit I foresee and hear the color in music
and sound of the artwork itself. Just as Pianist Bill Evans
and Double Bassist Ted Kotick once played at paintings, interpreting
them musically, most of the music from "With Open Eyes"
was written in this spirit. I wrote the music from paintings.
And when I recorded With Open Eyes, I was conscious of my
muses: the paintings. By confronting my dreams in color and
sound from an early age I feel I represent them as closely
as humanly permissible. Memory and fantasy became the same.
Isolated movements represented dialogues of greater things
culturally, musically, and artistically. Drawing it out of
my mind: Searching for images that have the most meaning.
Therefor
these paintings need no explanation and will explain itself
to you alone, a certain way, in only the way you see/interpret.
Love is a feeling one can have but can't explain, why should
art/music spiritual based expresstions be systematicly generated?
Certainly remain unguided. An artist first and foremost artist,
therefore the music will have sight &/or you can now hear
the painting so therefore the art has a substance and means
something more. Not that you the viewer dosn't have imagination
to interpret what ORPHANOS
has pained but to fulfill a true interpretation for yourself
- the most important piece in the painting even though
spiritually you are there. Music from music. Is an artist
artistcally unworthy because; the most important member in
the band/group/ensemble/art show is the audience.
