Neither Use Nor Ornament"Wading neck deep in a swamp, your revolver is neither use nor ornament until you have had time to clean it" Mary H. Kingsley (1897)
I think it has those typical Philip Glass feelings of other-worldliness, constrained emotions and a certain beautiful bleakness. His technique of constantly repeating small musical phrases, almost like a Mandelbrot fractal, tricks us into an early sense of familiarity.
To me, this piece is the musical equivalent to an Anita Brookner plot-line..
The arches and dome give a gentle feel to the architecture.
August 4, 2012 at 10:57 am
The building is in the Portuguese-Indian style. It tends to be quite gracious..
August 5, 2012 at 11:21 am
What interesting music! Still trying to decide what emotion it evokes. Other-worldly mystery without too much threat? I’m rambling.
August 12, 2012 at 4:12 am
I think it has those typical Philip Glass feelings of other-worldliness, constrained emotions and a certain beautiful bleakness. His technique of constantly repeating small musical phrases, almost like a Mandelbrot fractal, tricks us into an early sense of familiarity.
To me, this piece is the musical equivalent to an Anita Brookner plot-line..
August 12, 2012 at 10:24 am
I’m going to have to think about that…Ms Brookner certainly does ‘bleak’ very beautifully!
August 16, 2012 at 12:28 am
Yes, but you realise it’s pure self-indulgence, don’t you?!
August 16, 2012 at 8:21 pm