Through this project, I experienced the process of feeling a painting, the process of closely study a work of art and, since I never had the chance to do this, this is the first time I truly get in touch with paintings and it is a fantastic experience. If I was going to do it differently, I would use Reason or Logic Pro to create audio "strokes" by myself to recreate the sense conveyed in the painting and mix them together.

I think I captured the theme correctly because the painting was constructing a night scene during Harlem Renaissance. But I may not capture the style of the work so accurately because I only simulate the short strokes by using base pizzcato.

The process of transform the painting to music is kind of, well, hard to tell the feeling. Since painting and music are perceived through different ways, it's hard to ensure that the feeling captured by ears is the same as the feeling captured by eyes. So what I did was remembering the feeling and visualizing it in my mind in my own version, and then find sections of music that resemble my visualization. There are gains and loses in this transformation. Painting is giving out direct visualization and feelings, and more importantly, it's giving through eyes. Music, however, is conveying through ears which is a relatively indirect way. Through music, I need to guide my audience into the scene I'm creating to reach the same effect the painting is creating. But what I gain is a kind of 3D environment created by music, for painting is a 2D experience while music is enveloping the audience and totally put them into the time and place.