The Golden Dawn - A Psychedelic, Synesthetic Performance

Pamela coleman smith was described as a woman who comprehends music visually, whether a symphonic piece or piano. For her, the musical impression is immediately transformed into a graphic image. The scarred page, caressed, scratched, shows varied sketches, some like one of the charming series of schumann's carnival and others in the style of song of the land by severet. Tall, slow moving, stately queens with jewelled crowns and garments, gay or sad, who walk on mountain tops or stand side the shore watching the water people. These water folks are passionless and and sway or fall with little heat of time, they toss the