A letter from Arnold Schoenberg to Mr Walter E, Koons. In which Schoenberg discribes the various qualities of music and goes on to consider 'What is Water?" and finally musing on how a guide helps a blind man understand 'how looks milk?'
Lee Welch's contribution to ANAL, which is a silk screened insert.
A letter from Arnold Schoenberg to Mr Walter E, Koons. In which Schoenberg discribes the various qualities of music and goes on to consider 'What is Water?" and finally musing on how a guide helps a blind man understand 'how looks milk?'
Lee Welch's contribution to ANAL, which is a silk screened insert.
A letter from Arnold Schoenberg to Mr Walter E, Koons. In which Schoenberg discribes the various qualities of music and goes on to consider 'What is Water?" and finally musing on how a guide helps a blind man understand 'how looks milk?'
Lee Welch's contribution to ANAL, which is a silk screened insert.
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
HOTEL ANSONIA, BROADWAY
13RD Streev
NEW YORK City
lr Walter E,Koons
Music Supervisor
National Broadcasting Company
RCA Building
30 Rocketeller Plaza
flew York City
Dear Mr. Koons;
Musicis a simulteneousness and a succesiven
ness of tones and toncombinations,which are so organizeg
that its impression on the ear is agreable,end its im&
pression on the intelligence 1s comprehensible,and so
that this impressions have the power to influence occult
parts of our soul end of mmm oub sentimental devartments
and that this influence make(life"ws) 1m a dreamland or
fallfilled desires,or in a dreamed hell of.....etc,etc..
Whate iswater?
why BB ana we can drink itj;ana can wash us
tjand it is transparen&jand hes nio Color;and we can
useit to swim and to shipjend it drives mills..ctc.ete...
I kmow @ nice and touching story:
A blind man asked ee gaide:
"How (Look:
The guide answered:
Milk looks Wrthey
The Blind Mens
“What's that “white"?" Mention a thing,
fthemttmbeiem
whieh is white!"
The Guide:
"A gwanszhe is perfect white,and he has
a long white and bent neck",
The Blind Man:
..e0008 bent neck?iow is thet?"
The Guid imitating with his arm the form of a
swan-neck,let the blind mean teel the form of
his arm)
The Blind Man: (flowing softly with his hand along the arm
of the guide)
"ow I mow now Goomd\mtyt
Yours very sincerely