Knock, knock. Who's there?
Knock, knock. Who's there?
Knock, knock. Who's there?
Knock, knock. Who's there?
Knock, knock. Who's there?
Knock, knock. Who's there?
Philip Glass.
Those are the words famed artist Chuck Close uses to describe the music of Philip Glass. So much truth can be found in the humor. Love his music or hate it, Philip Glass has cemented himself as the most important composer of our time. Personally, I love it!
The American Masters program on PBS is running a 2 hour documentary special tracking a year in the life of Philip Glass. The show is called Glass: A Portrait of Philip Glass in Twelve Parts. Laura and I watched it last night. Fantastic footage of a master artist. What really popped to me was a man with an unmatched passion to compose music. He is a man comfortable in his own skin whose first love is his music.
If you are at all interested in Philip Glass, his music and his career, I highly recommend you watch this film. Some of the best footage was looking back at the beginning of his career in New York in the 1960s and 1970s. Those were heady days in the American arts scene.
[Image: "Phil/Watercolor," a portrait of the composer Philip Glass done in 1977 by Chuck Close]
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