La Marmotte in the Circle of Sound: When Flute Makes Drawing Dance!

Yesterday I completed the 'La Marmotte' drawing.

At the end of February, Anke Kreuz played the song twice in succession on her flute: The first time I used a thin black ink pen, the second time a light green one. The melody seemed so bouncy to me that I thought of spring dances and May customs - lightness that is conveyed to me by light green.

'La Marmotte' was the sixth drawing that emerged from our encounter between flute and drawing. After five drawings, we took a break and talked about sound: How does sound spread in a room? And how have I drawn it so far? So far in a linear direction of movement. So I decided to change this in the next drawing.

While the right hand was drawing, I continuously rotated the drawing board in a circle with my left hand. How fitting, I thought later, because during the piece I saw old circle dances before my mind's eye. The further processing of the drawing proceeded sluggishly over many days, until I thought, now "all is lost". These are the moments in painting where a clear decision is needed, sometimes resulting in hours of work being "destroyed", in my case "invisible", because it is completely painted over with black ink.was.

Note: „La Marmotte“ (auch bekannt als Marmotte) ist ein Kunstlied von Ludwig van Beethoven (Op. 52, Nr. 7), welches um 1790 entstand. Today, the song is a popular classic in music education and is often performed by choirs or as piano accompaniment. The text comes from the fair festival at Plundersweilern by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
'I have already traveled through many lands,
With the marmot,
And always found something to eat,
With the marmot.'