This beautiful photo of Brian Eno is surely a carefully staged scene...
But it touches me with the allegory of creation (artistic, musical, intellectual) that it presents.
Colors, light and shadows, temperature, the time of day or night all play a role in inspiration.
Brian Eno sits alone, in a serene and meditative position, lost in thought, or simply thinking of nothing and letting ideas randomly emerge.
His body posture is relaxed, while his face, seen in profile, is focused, with an inward gaze.
The double-aspect window opens onto a wooded park, and the light seems to caress and paint the foliage. We can guess at the subtle variations in color and brightness as the leaves are stirred by the wind or passing clouds filter the sun's rays.
It looks like a video of Brian Eno himself... "Wednesday morning" or "Friday afternoon", perhaps?
A video static, but undulating in subtle variations over the hours.
Three balls are arranged on the floor: the smallest, white, in the middle of the other two, darker.
Were they arranged this way on purpose? Or are they the result of chance?
This triad opens up a space for creation, made up of rebounds and possible cycles. It could be a planetary system yet to be discovered. Unless it symbolizes the listener between two stereo sound sources.
These three balls are like a Zen koan. What do they mean? Creation becomes possible when we realize that they mean nothing. They are there and invite us to write the first words, to make the first brushstroke, to play the first notes.
What remains is the dark fireplace, which contrasts with the brightness of the window.
Brian Eno turns his back on it.
To create is to turn towards the light.
Even if darkness and the call of nothingness also have their beauty...
This photo of Brian Eno, composed like a painting or a still video, accompanies me in my own work of musical composition.
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