The SoundSeen exhibit was a lot for me to process. I definitely wouldn’t consider myself to be a musician and so relating to these artists and musicians who were pushing the limits of their traditional craft was hard for me to wrap my brain around because I don’t even understand the traditional craft in the first place. I think I had the easiest time (granted, not easy at all) with understanding Anthony Braxton’s method of paintings to represent his music/as a form of notation of his music. The expressive sweeps and movements of the paint seemed to inspire the musical piece that went a long with it. I appreciate this because sometimes when I write or speak, words can’t always express what I’m feeling. My friends always poke fun at me for the weird “sound effects” I make when I’m trying to get a point across or express an emotion. I say things like AahhHggh or eeehhkk. But even those words don’t really capture what I say – or mean…

– Sarah Fahmy