The Challenge of Music!

I jumped into The Challenge of Music just to force me to creat something unique and inspirational.

My choice of piece for the Challenge, was Paul Horn’s Prelude 

from his album Inside of the Taj Mahal. 

It's singing without words and a flute, so beautiful!

Click the above link and listen to the music on YouTube!

I love that music because it brings me into a state of equilibrium and lightness. 

Paul Horn is a fascinating musician, who went to foreign cultures as well as to dolphins in the sea and then interpreted his impressions into fabulous music.

Last year, my focus was on creating jewelry. 

This year, has brought me into the mixed media world, a complete new world of creative techniques, concepts and language.

The past weekend, I attended a mixed media class with Ana Dabrowska aka Finnabair. 

Maybe you can see that I have been inspired by her techniques. 

 However for the Challenge, there was a problem, I had to go beyond the picture of the Taj Mahal. 

Eventually, I woke up one morning with the ultimate picture in my mind. 

My subconscious was still acting during my work. 

What a surprice! After finishing the picture, I could reveal these themes -

The Night, leaving the dark sides of life, meets the Sunrise coming with a new sparkling Day.  

The dark Evil against the supreme Good coming from the Sun.  

 

The Snake in Paradise and

Phoenix & the Eternity!
 

Some other details, the butterfly threatened by the snake behind

The snake's tail

 

The materials, are grunge things ( the snake is made of an old dog leash), left-overs from the past weekend, pearls, shisha mirrors, glitter glue and acrylics. 

I had a styrofoam plate coated with a piece of rough silk instead of a canvas. 

Thank you Erin Prais-Hintz for this exiting challenge!  

Let's do the The Challenge of Music blog hop!

Here are my fellows in the Challenge of Music -

     

Erin Prais-Hintz Alenka Obid Ali McCarthy Alicia Marinache Amy Severino Amy Grass Carolyn Lawson Cece Cormier Cynthia Riggs Emanda Johnson Emma Todd Erin Kenny Evelyn Shelby Evie and Beth McCord Holly Westfall Jennifer Justman Jenny Davies-Reazor Jess Green Judy Campbell Karla Morgan Kristina Johansson Lola Surwillo Malin de Koning Mallory Hoffman Mary K McGraw Melissa Trudinger Michelle Escano Michelle Bourbonniere Michelle Mach Molly Alexander Monique Urquhart Niky Sayers Pam Farren Rebecca Anderson Sally Russick Sharon Driscoll Susan Kennedy Tari Kahrs Veralynne Malone