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Give any one thought
a push:
it falls down easily;
but the pusher
and the pushed
produce that entertainment
called a discussion.
Shall we have one later?
— John Cage, Lecture On Nothing
Where do melodies dwell? We might think the notes being played are the
essence of a melody, but melodies are more than that. They are defined by tensions—
at the edge of one shape (or pitch) as it transitions to another—and by permeability, a
mutual influence that turns each pitch into something else. A melody is not just a
succession of notes, it is the shifts and spaces between them.
Federico Herrero’s paintings, although …