WILLIAM E YOUNG
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Is A Room Empty If Music Fills the Air​?

​Acrylic on Board 
24"w x 32"h

Available at Foltz Fine Art (www.foltzgallery.com)


Consider this: a room devoid of furniture or other objects or creatures with only the sound of a favorite song in the air. I dare say you would think This room is empty. But is it? 

​Music, having the properties of sound waves, is not a tactile material object. You can't see it or touch it. 

So, is a room empty if music fills the air? Such a paradoxical riddle can provide sublime contemplation if you let it.



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