Lee Barry Composition (And Photo) Diary

A harmonic etude that is essentially a variant on the ii-V-i progression, but is rather ii-VII-V, with the V chord switching to the minor mode at the beginning of each progression. (It can also be thought of as v-IV-I in the Mixolydian mode). A piece I composed on the Etude, Day and Age Cycle for the verses: D-/C/G G-/F/C C-/Bb/F Turnaround (E7) A-/G/D The complete cycle around the circle of fourths: D-/C/G G-/F/C C-/Bb/F F-/Eb/Bb Bb-/Ab/Eb Eb-/Db/Ab G#-/F#/C# C#-/B/F# F#-/E/B B-/A/E E-/D/A A-/G/D Audio File The lead sheet:  

   Doji Dragonfly (2019), 20x18.5 inches, acrylic on black lotka paper Second in a series of works loosely inspired by Candlestick Charts. See also Bullish Harami $200

Once you've taken note of something, it's easier to recognize. Emulation in art and music works on this principle and is hugely powerful in the development of a signature vision or style. Most of the time we don't recall where we've seen or heard something, yet subtly influences what we do--sometimes for our entire lives. Long shadows and chiaroscuro are something we've noticed for eons.  What's interesting is the distinction between "I've seen that before" as a cynical comment about cliche, and a moment of inspiration, i.e. "I've seen that before and I don't recall where--but I like it."  If you do a search "bottle shadow photography" you'll notice neural nets have noticed. This brings us to the larger question of whether machine learning has spotted all our cliches--and removed all inspiration. (I was thinking of a photo I had seen--perhaps by Brassai). #2019 #guitar #curves 0972. The problem with b...

As both pun and self-reference, a possible photo collage across the window panel facets (faces) at the Spertus Museum in Chicago. Images would be printed on pressure sensitive adhesive vinyl. #2013 #angles