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On the Nature of Daylight

DAZ|Studio Music posted on Jun 16, 2024
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A double dose today - I may not have much time over the next few weeks so thought I'd get 'em in while I can! Max Richter's music is frequently deciptively simple but always engaging and moving. He is probably best known for his magnum opus "Sleep", the 8.5 hour epic designed to interact with both the waking and sleeping mind. My personal favourite however, is his early collection "The Blue Notebooks", hailed by critics as one of the greatest classical works of the the century (ok admittedly we're only a quater of the way through it, but still...). "On the Nature of Daylight" from that collection has reached a wide audience through its inclusion in TV and films as diverse as Shutter Island (2010), Disconnect (2012), Arrival (2016), and The Last of Us (2023)... Even if you've never heard OF Richter, the chances are you HAVE heard his music. Belying its extensive appropriation as soundtrack, the Blue Notebooks was originally concieved as a social statement about the 2003 invasion of Iraq (a subject close to my heart). Richter himself describes it as "a protest album about Iraq, a meditation on violence – both the violence that I had personally experienced around me as a child and the violence of war, at the utter futility of so much armed conflict." It seems appropriate in the world we find ourselves in to re-kindle that protest. A note on the picture; the background is a photo of the Al Anbari district of Baghdad, where local street artists strive to bring some joy into the lives blighted by the incessant war and its aftermath, notably Ali Khalifa and his "Butterfly Effect" team who deserve to be more widely known.

Comments (7)


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eekdog

2:36PM | Sun, 16 June 2024

exceptional Daz and photo combo

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BellaDark

6:21PM | Sun, 16 June 2024

Again I am not familiar with this artist but I love what you did here mirroring the photo with your render. It's almost like an anchor between then and now, one constant joining two realities. There's a real feeling of the infinite here for me. Beautiful work Joe. :)

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gaius

2:24AM | Mon, 17 June 2024

An exceptional illustration of both M.Richter's music (who is not, I'm afraid, among my favorite composers ! Sorry !) and of the stupidity, the horror of wars.

JoeJarrah

2:44AM | Mon, 17 June 2024

No need to apologise... as they say, de gustibus non est disputandum!

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Wolfenshire

11:05PM | Wed, 19 June 2024

I'm fascinated with the mural in the background. Make art where you can. Very cool.

JoeJarrah

9:21AM | Thu, 20 June 2024

the "butterfly effect" team have done some great work... worth a browse on the web.

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Lucusoo

12:45AM | Fri, 21 June 2024

Beautiful. Both the description of the artist and the description of where Iraq fits into the artist's work and life. Don't take this the wrong way, but whoever decided the war in Iraq was going to bring about peace was delusional. War is stupid.

JoeJarrah

7:04AM | Fri, 21 June 2024

I couldnt agree more!

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UteBigSmile

2:55AM | Sat, 29 June 2024

I love your new image which is a fantastic one!

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karasmic

10:24PM | Fri, 05 July 2024

A superb and highly imaginative piece. Well Done.


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