graphite & watercolour/30x20cm
A Saturday afternoon devoted to peering through a prevailing gloom perhaps more dense even than that of the recently preceding twilights (see previous entry), resulting in the above watercolour representation of, on this occasion, a (pared-back from recent developments) single pair of pears, again observed & actively contemplated contre jour, mostly cast into deep, indistinct shadow (increasingly so over the course of the process) but for the objects' highlit outlines.
Soundtrack:
K-Punk 'The Metaphysics Of Crackle'
Belle & Sebastian 'The Life Pursuit'
Most pertinent to the subject of presence & the fugitive nature of, as explored through the subject/object matter of the pears as featuring in the current sequence of drawings & watercolours, comes, once again via that excellent resource Pontone, k-punk’s mix of music & sound ‘The Metaphysics of Crackle’ – a most intriguing concept from the title alone &, it transpires, a similarly compelling sonic experience, something that resonates with anyone raised on vinyl, as a good many of us were, back in the day, yet intensifies such memories of through the device of foregrounding the ‘surface noise’ of the crackle & hiss, existing still as a form of interference, though on this occasion in a purposeful manner that renders it an integral aspect of the overall soundscape, which, especially as one ‘listens-through’ to the languid musical content, has a profoundly mesmerizing & often haunting quality.
The highly-recommended scene-setting introductory explanation (at the same source as the downloadable mix itself, if one scrolls down the page a little) provided by Mr Fisher (for it is he) serves as a most succinct description, too, of the listening experience, of the (nature of the) atmospherics that form an essential textural component of such.
Given the generally subdued mood of proceedings amidst the sonic interference, the thought occurred that such sounds might be just the thing for listeners of, for example, My Bloody Valentine, as we slip into something approaching middle age & might therefore appreciate the occasional quieter hypnotic musical pleasure or two (particularly as accompaniment to the drawing & painting process)...
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