unfinished words remain.

Felbein, Matthew

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Title

unfinished words remain.

Author(s)

Felbein, Matthew

Issue Date

2022

Keyword(s)

• American Choral Directors Association (ACDA)
• Student Chapter
• Second Place
• accompanied SATB divisi choir

Abstract

This words for this piece have a unique story behind them. In a way, they brought themselves into being through the creativity of the composer in conjunction with art that was produced by artificial intelligence. It started with the simple line, “as i live, so shall i die;” which was fed to the computer, creating an image that looked like a digital painting. This new piece of art inspired more words until an entire poem was formed. The most beautiful part is that the words don’t feel computer generated, they have created a story that feels genuinely human. It stares mortality in the face and confronts the difficult concept of the legacy we leave behind after our souls “cascade over still waters” beyond this life. Even more, it became a subconscious expression of myself as an artist, the fact that I live my life trying to share every melody, every lyric, every bit of music that passes through my head. And, in the end, I’ll never be able to share all of it. My words, unfinished in the mortal realm, will forever remain unfinished in whatever realm comes after this. The artwork that inspired (and was inspired by) this piece was created using the Dream by WOMBO app and has been curated into a virtual gallery that can be found at https://visit.virtualartgallery.com/unfinishedwordsremain/ or by scanning the QR code to the right. Even the gallery appears unfinished, as if the digital walls have more story to tell. The art is not owned by any one person, it is not for sale, and it does not have one meaning.

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/114370

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