agnes on art

... been thinking about the impact Cardiff's sound installation has made on me and coincidentally came across this quote by Agnes Martin. Appropriate.

"Art is responded to with emotion ... and the best art is music. It's the highest form of art. It's completely abstract and we make about eight times as much response to music than any of the other arts."

raptured

Janet Cardiff's sound installation, "The Forty Part Motet" is nothing short of brilliant. Experiencing it yesterday at the Cloisters has left me in a (good) daze ever since. I journeyed alone so I could traverse the space with no distractions and th…

Janet Cardiff's sound installation, "The Forty Part Motet" is nothing short of brilliant. Experiencing it yesterday at the Cloisters has left me in a (good) daze ever since. I journeyed alone so I could traverse the space with no distractions and the walk through Fort Tryon Park on a misty gray day was the perfect climate. Took this image with my phone but it doesn't do the work justice.