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Highland (Hudson Valley), New York

The play of polarities in receptive emptiness. Abi

The play of polarities in receptive emptiness. Abiding in the sound of the perfect fifth, generating a bit of consonance in the imperfection of relationship. Round and round we go.

While working on this, I was reminded of chapter 11 of the Tao Te Ching:
“Mix water and clay into a vessel; Its emptiness is what makes it useful.
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Advantage comes from having things And usefulness from having nothing.”
(translated by Heinz Insu Fenkl)

and this passage by Sharon Stewart on the Deep Listening of Pauline Oliveros:

“An openness to the non-appropriated doings of the sound, the movements of the self-in-vibration-with, through which sound and the bodymind form a flow that is both the one and the other and neither the one nor the other.”

#animation #motiondesign #aftereffects #musicalanatomy #loop #singingbowls #perfectfifth

Detail of an early Musical Anatomy study, 2006. Pe

Detail of an early Musical Anatomy study, 2006. Pen & ink.

#tbt animation I made for the song “Last Reincar

#tbt animation I made for the song “Last Reincarnation” by @we.noam in 2016.
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#aftereffects #animation #musicvideo

A couple composite drawings I made for Esquire mag

A couple composite drawings I made for Esquire magazine years ago. Each face is a composite of four famous actors – can you tell who they are?
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Angelina Jolie (mouth), Catherine Zeta-Jones (nose), Drew Barrymore (eyes), Marilyn Monroe (hair)
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Brad Pitt (eyes), George Clooney (nose & ears), James Dean (mouth), Joaquin Phoenix (head shape & hair)

Another blast from the past: Helix Irradium sketch

Another blast from the past: Helix Irradium sketch, 2013.
#pencildrawing #sketch #drawing #graphite

Face to face with Ira Arca. Interconnected hocketi

Face to face with Ira Arca. Interconnected hocketing panpipes creating a single melody, 2015 (detail).
#musicalanatomy #drawing #pencildrawing #graphite #panpipes #hocket

from the archives: Toewalker and Fingerwalker ink

from the archives: Toewalker and Fingerwalker ink sketches, 2008.
#inkdrawing #pendrawing #sketch #drawing #toes #fingers

The perpetual dance of Astor & Pollux . #musicalan

The perpetual dance of Astor & Pollux
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#musicalanatomy #animation #motiondesign #astorpiazzolla #bandoneon #pencildrawing #aftereffects

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