For the next round of the pattern, I decided to create
motifs for each section. I found the piece easily fell into 8 sections that
drew on 4 different ideas. This is very common in symphonies and the ideas or
themes seemed to suggest 4 different motifs. As I mulled over this realization
for several days, I came to the conclusion that just like nature exhibits
complimentary color schemes, music exhibits complimentary rhythm and melody.
Who’d a thunk…….
All this made such great sense, except I didn’t have a
clue where to attach them all and how to arrange them and…..
So, I made some arbitrary decisions that are just my way
of keeping things flowing visually: the 2 beads in the center ring will sit on
the “horizon” of the design; the sections will be joined with tatting in a
thinner thread that provide a background of sorts; even though the melodic
ideas repeat in the sections, I made two of each of the 4 motifs thus making
visual duplicates. I’m pleased with creating this little bit of balance. I pray
the indulgence of all those musicians and tatters out there. Forcing this
little bit of visual order onto the structure of the music and this little bit
of chaos onto the structure of the tatting has led to interesting discoveries. Tomorrow
begins our romp through the motifs.
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