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Chords in Reflection, 1917 by Alexej Jawlensky. © 2018 Long Beach Museum of Art.
79-2.4; Chords in Reflection, 1917 by Alexej Jawlensky. Collection of the Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California, gift of The Milton Wichner Collection Bequest, 1979. Photograph © 2018 Long Beach Museum of Art.


 

Chords in Reflection, 1917
        by Karen Holden
 
What music is this that describes a long
forsaken house whose windows still shine
lost light; autumnal tree glowing, notes
penetrating matter, matter melting to music
memory giving it form

 

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