Where Is The Music?

Music written, performed, produced & mixed by Gaynor Perry
Mastered by Cass Irvine

Film, oil paintings, and concept by Gaynor Perry
Imagery amplified by Runway

Blue Agatha character performance by Gaynor Perry

This piece draws inspiration from a nocturnal excursion in which I found myself composing a piece of music. One of the dream’s characters, Diamond John, asked where the music was coming from. It felt as though the tune was writing itself, flowing through me effortlessly.

Diamond John, an enigmatic statuesque figure, transformed before my sleeping eyes into a young boy. I journeyed with him to a dramatic cliffside, where magnificent hawks soared, their spirited cries piercing the sky. Enchanted by these avian gods, Diamond John stretched out his hand to touch them and lost his balance.

In that moment, bathed in the molten glow of sunset, his form was transfigured—mid-pivot—petrified, cast in bronze by the dying light. As if time itself had surrendered to the sun’s embrace.

A crowd gathered at the cliff’s edge to witness the spectacle, led by a shaman named Blue Agatha. "Why don’t you cast a spell to free him?" I asked her.

Throughout this vision, the music continued to play, and Blue Agatha took up Diamond John’s question: "Where is the music coming from?”

If this question can be answered, Diamond John will be released by the metaphysical magic of realisation.