This past Sunday I had a fun opportunity to drive up to Scranton, PA, with my mentors & dear friends who founded
Dalvero Academy, Veronica Lawlor and
Margaret Hurst, to draw live music at a weekly happening called
Synaesthesia Social, organized by a talented artist, teacher and delightfully rambunctious guy
Ted Michalowski.
Veronica taught a drawing workshop for the first part of the day, setting pace for both, music and drawing. The 5 musician were incredible as individuals and as a band. It's worth noting the unorthodox mix of instruments: theremin vox, gong, upright bass, jazz drums, didgeridoos, flutes, trumpets and other wind instruments with mysterious origins and names, bagpipes, saxophone, and a plethora of digital gadgets. I felt right at home with such variety of instruments, having myself brought a full bag of mixed media. We were kindred spirits with musicians in that regard.
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During the workshop, Veronica urged us to draw the auditory landscape, rather than render musicians' likenesses. She introduced the language of marks, lines, shapes and color, pacing, mood, proportion-all the things that make up Design. And since the music was more of a sublime stream of consciousness, it felt natural to let go...
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| Thumbnail of Leo Schott playing the bagpipe |
Experiences like this are outside of time and space. I didn't notice how the day went by, in one breath. It was beautiful.
