The most recent Radiolab podcast tells two stories of an artist and a composer – stories which both revolve around the piece, “Bolero” by Maurice Ravel. I loved this episode even more because of how much I love this painting. It’s obsessive, colorful, and orderly, and I would put a giant print of this in our living room. The painting is by Anne Adams, who quit her job as a biologist to become a full-time artist when her son was in a bad car accident. At one point, she became obsessed with Ravel’s famous composition, “Bolero”, and decided to paint a visual representation of the piece. The podcast then goes to explain how both Adams and Ravel experienced a degenerative disease that may have made its first appearance in the piece, “Bolero”. Check out the episode here.
It is a very sophisticate peace and interesting story.
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