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SUN GLARE, 46th Street, Early February

Posted on February 18, 2019 by

  Specifically February 4, 8am, on 46th street between 7th and 6th avenues.     Do you too see animal faces in the steam?  A boar, a schnauzer, a fox?       … or maybe Fuchur AKA Falkor the … Continue reading →

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TELL TALE CAMERA TEST

Posted on February 1, 2019 by

Yesterday I met my Director of Photography Jason Chua at the film equipment rental place to do some camera tests in preparation for our upcoming “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” film shoot.   For me that mostly meant standing … Continue reading →

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VERSAILLES – A Stroll Through the Gilded Chateau

Posted on January 28, 2019 by

Take a walk with me inside the opulent grandeur of Luis XIV’s showcase We approach the palace, or chateau, from the municipality of Versailles. An equestrian statue of Louis XIV greets the tourists at the first gate:     This … Continue reading →

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OOO! LOOK AT THE LIGHT!

Posted on January 19, 2019 by

Pics with a Touch of Light plus a complimentary light-hearted music quiz   Light Music Query #1: Which musical features this dance into the light? (as ever, the answers are tucked into the tabs below)   Above, my gym’s basement … Continue reading →

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A HIGH-FLYING MUSIC QUIZ – while in sunset dappled skies

Posted on January 3, 2019 by

  It’s time for another Notes from a Composer musical quiz! All musical tracks and/or musical quiz queries will be somehow related to air travel, to tie in to these shots I took out the cabin window of our sunset … Continue reading →

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6TH AVENUE, MIDTOWN, DECEMBER

Posted on December 22, 2018 by

  I think my phone’s camera has astigmatism. The way artificial light gets smeared, blurring the images, especially at night. Reminds me of why I need glasses at the movies and theater under stage lighting.     And last night … Continue reading →

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MARK TWAIN NEVER GOT TO THE LOUVRE (but I did)

Posted on December 14, 2018 by

  A trip to the magnificent Louvre museum with Mark Twain.  Well actually Mark Twain himself never got there, but he wrote about not getting there in “The Innocents Abroad”, and that satirical anecdote about what happens to unwary, blustery … Continue reading →

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EXITING ETERNITY’S GATE

Posted on December 2, 2018 by

  Ed and I had just seen Julian Schnabel’s movie about Vincent Van Gogh, “At Eternity’s Gate”, and were exiting one of the more tucked away screening rooms at the Landmark 57 multiplex, which required walking down a long, narrow, … Continue reading →

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SENSUAL RODIN

Posted on November 24, 2018 by

We start with a famous thought.  We end with a famous kiss.   Rodin’s Thinker greats you in the courtyard of the Rodin House in Paris.  And so he will be the introduction to this post of some of Rodin’s … Continue reading →

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JON BUNGE’S SHAPES AND SHADOWS

Posted on November 5, 2018 by

  The other weekend artist Jon Bunge opened his studio up to the public as part of the Gowanus Open Studios 2018.     I’ve known Jon for many years.  His work was always abstract.  The black and white pictures … Continue reading →

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VERSAILLES – Reflections in the Hall of Mirrors

Posted on October 21, 2018 by

  Paris provided a wealth of imagery and perspectives for me to share – it’ll probably take me a year to process it all in blog post sized bits (here the first one two three four five posts). Why, alone the long … Continue reading →

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FALLING INTO JACKSON POLLOCK

Posted on August 15, 2018 by

This Sunday I was at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and found myself in front of their monumental Jackson Pollock “Autumn Rhythm (Number 30)”.  And once again I had that hallucinogenic experience I often have in front of Jackson Pollock’s … Continue reading →

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NATARAJA – The Dancing King

Posted on July 1, 2018 by

   

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Museum Impressions

Posted on June 17, 2018 by

Yesterday at the Brooklyn Museum with an unwitting special focus on the feminine    

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ARTS-A-POPPIN’

Posted on May 24, 2018 by

There’s a new category here at Notes from a Composer: Arts-a-Poppin’. (This category, like all the others, can be accessed on the right side of every site page, just below the tweet stream.) After posting a double bill of selections … Continue reading →

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NIGHT and SNOW in CENTRAL PARK

Posted on December 16, 2017 by

  Secret Snow Song #1 (Can’t guess the song titles and artists?  They can be found alphabetically tagged at the bottom of post, which should help.)        Secret Night Song #1       Secret Night Song #2 … Continue reading →

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