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through depths and shadows continues a recent exploration of mine of the relationship between music and the visual arts. through depths and shadows was inspired by a fascinating and atypical piece by Jackson Pollock, The Deep, which I recently saw at the Pompidou Centre in Paris. Unlike many of his athletic and excited “drip paintings,” this one seemed to have a much more measured and slower energy. The painting seemed to layer large swaths of colors on the canvas—while also maintaining distinct lines, gestures, and shapes—allowing for the various colors to make their presence known or hidden depending on the other colors present. My experience of this piece was very different than what I usually experience with Pollock; rather than having dynamic and vibrant motion across the painting, I felt like I was continually sucked into the painting and attempting to find myself within the layers of the “deep.” Looking at this painting became an experience of continual exploration and uncovering. through depths and shadows is not a literal representation of the painting but an abstraction of both Pollock’s materials—his modes of layering, sporadic drips, and gradual unveiling—and my experience of continually searching within the shadings and underlayers of the painting. through depths and shadows was written with admiration for the incredible virtoisi of the Grossman Ensemble.