The Letter

My brother sent me a letter. It is not very common to send letters nowadays. We live in a very quick pace world with instant everything. It is nice to get a handwritten letter, or in this case a letter typed on a typewriter, sent in an envelope in the mail. There are three main themes to the letter summed up by this quote,
"A machine that mines its whole life, cripples revenge, not that I am worried about that" 
I created three paintings shown below inspired by this letter. The meaning of the letter I am still not sure about, but I did very much enjoy thinking about it. What I have in my paintings is one interpretation, my current interpretation. He also created a music piece inspired by this letter. This piece was performed in October as part of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music. I have attached the link below for you to watch the performance and hear the piece. The piece is performed by Sasha Callahan on Violin, Leo Eguchi on Cello, Haruka Fuji and Chris Froh on Percussion. I really love this musical performance and piece. I wanted to share this with anyone who comes across this blog because I wanted to give you a chance to experience my brother's and my interpretation of "The Letter." I wanted you to have a chance to create your own interpretation of it's meaning off of what we built. A chance to stop, think, reflect and gain insight on a message of potentially what was or is.
​Of what is to come or what we create.
 
Click the button below to view the YouTube video of the live performance for the musical piece.

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Click the button below to view the YouTube video of the live performance for the musical piece.

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