Within You Without You
by Jonathan Morrill
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Title
Within You Without You
Artist
Jonathan Morrill
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Canvas
Description
Within You Without You
(16" x 20" Acrylic on Canvas)
Within You Without You was composed on a harmonium following a dinner party at the London home of Klaus Voorman, the German artist and musician whom The Beatles first met in Hamburg. Written by George Harrison, it was the only non Lennon-McCartney song on the Sgt Pepper album.
The song was George Harrison's second full-blown Indian recording, after Revolver's Love You To. Although regarded by some as a dull interlude in the otherwise masterful Sgt Pepper, Within You Without You encapsulated the exploration of spiritual themes that had become popular in 1967's Summer of Love.
Clear references to the counterculture ('Are you one of them?') and the LSD-related ego death ('And to see you're really only very small and life flows on within you and without you') can be found amid the more other-worldly exploration of spiritual philosophy and religious teachings.
The laughter at the end of the track was Harrison's idea. While some listeners initially thought it was the sound of the other Beatles mocking his songwriting effort, it was in fact meant to lighten the mood after five minutes of sad, almost mournful, music.
Within You Without You came about after I had spent a bit of time in India and fallen under the spell of the country and its music. I had brought back a lot of instruments. It was written at Klaus Voormann's house in Hampstead after dinner one night. The song came to me when I was playing a pedal harmonium.
I'd also spent a lot of time with Ravi Shankar, trying to figure out how to sit and hold the sitar, and how to play it. Within You Without You was a song that I wrote based upon a piece of music of Ravi's that he'd recorded for All-India Radio. It was a very long piece - maybe 30 or 40 minutes - and was written in different parts, with a progression in each. I wrote a mini version of it, using sounds similar to those I'd discovered in his piece. I recorded in three segments and spliced them together later.
George Harrison
This composition of this piece came to me, appropriately enough, through meditation. I was thinking about George Harrison, not living in the material world with us any longer, but how his message goes on without him, and how, in "All Things Must Pass" the lyric;
"Sunset doesn't last all evening
A mind can blow those clouds away
After all this my love is up
And must be leaving
But it's not always going
To be this grey"
I thought it would be appropriate to have him playing a sitar on the shore at sunset, yet the sitar, being a material object, casts a shadow, while George himself is drifting in and out of existence in the material world, and casts no shadow.
"Within You Without You" is one of two pieces submitted and accepted into
The National Arts Program's 2018 "Share The Art" exhibition held at the Orlando International Airport.
The exhibition was held at the Orlando International Airport, from August 23rd through October 25th, 2018.
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Gull G
Art provides an opportunity for kaleidoscopic thinking. Each time we shift the lens of our perceptions, we gain new perspectives — and new opportunities for innovation. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RECENT SALE OF AN WONDERFUL WORK!
Gregory Ferguson
YES! Congratulation to the artist Johnathan Morrill on the sale of this exquisite artwork. George Harrison was my favorite Beatle and I saw him in concert in Oakland California on November 8, 1974 at the height of his solo career when he joined forces with the incredible master of serenity Ravi Shankar! If George were here today there is no doubt in my mind that he would have secured this particular artwork for one of his lovely homes. All things must pass indeed. It's what we do until we pass from this consciousness to "the other place". It's what we leave behind to help others through their lives that enriches our own lives, we draw from others personal experiences which adds to our pot of wisdom. The greatest feeling for most comes from their enjoyment of the arts, which for most of us makes life worth living! Music is life's soundtrack for it tells countless never ending stories of human lives on planet Earth, every kind of imaginable experience and situation, hence George Harrison's songs of pure truth! Artist Jonathan Morrill thank you for contributing to Mr. Harrison's memory in such a colorful way, here comes the Sun my friend. Kudos. Gregory Jules Ferguson.