Jamie Taker-Walsh
Inflorescence
Jamie Taker-Walsh is honestly just excited to finally be graduating. Post-graduation travel plans with her husband and dearest friends have been put on hold for the time being, but she looks forward to having the opportunity to travel someday soon. In the meantime, Jamie will continue to be working from home, now with a little extra time to devote to gardening, painting, and further music studies. Jamie would like to extend her most heartfelt thanks to her husband Ian, who has been her support and her champion through her years at Lesley, and who lent his musical expertise to recording and mastering her capstone project (as well as his voice!).
Her inspirations include musicians like Tori Amos, Florence Welch, Regina Spektor, Vienna Teng, and (of course) her husband Ian Taker-Walsh; visual artists such as René Magritte, Annie Stegg-Gerard, Christian Schloe, Catrin Welz-Stein, and Walter Launt Palmer.
"I feel that there’s nothing more genuinely artistic than to love people." - Van Gogh
materials: piano, guitar, pen and paper, acrylic, canvas board
As spring has thawed the earth, we have all taken to our homes to protect each other the best way we know how. Over the past two months, I became deeply moved by the juxtaposition of these things occurring at the same time, as well as overwhelmed by feelings of love for humanity, be they behind their own walls or out risking their lives. These feelings are what ultimately motivated the outcome of my work this semester.
In setting out to write a song, I chose a path that would challenge me, as songwriting is something I always wished to do but never believed I could. While struggling with these doubts, I painted and wrote as well, utilizing art forms I was more comfortable with to explore both my subject matter as well as the fears and insecurities brought up by music-making.