That’s one smooth cat.

For some reason, I've always liked pictures that manage to capture the mood of music. Perhaps it's because of the inherent impossibility of a still image showing something we experience dynamically as sounds over time. Such pictures are literally evocative, because second-order evocation is all they can do — they can remind you of a completely non-visual experience, but you have to fill in the rest. Here are some photos of that kind, of Rick Perlstein playing jazz (excellently) at my place recently: Own the space. Rick sets the mood. Gettin' into it... Lean in a bit further... We are there! It is happening! ...
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