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Birth to Harmony, 2016

The composition is based on a theory by Kandinsky about the psychology ofcolours in abstract non-material terms. Following his theory red is "…restless, glowing, alive, manly maturity… It may cause asensation analogous to that caused by flame…There is always a trace of a very distinct bodily or material element… it is alwayspurelike the fresh beauty of the face of a young girl… Blue isa peaceful, supernatural, deep, typical heavenly color… The use, side by side, of redand blue, colours in themselves of no physical relationship, butfrom their very spiritual contrast of the strongest effect, isone of the most frequent occurrences in modern choice of harmony…. Harmony today rests chiefly on the principle ofcontrast which has for all time been one of the most importantprinciples of art… It isinteresting to note that this very placing together of red andblue was so beloved by the primitive both in Germany and Italythat it has till today survived, principally in folk pictures ofreligious subjects…"