This reading was very interesting for me. I did not know there were trends observed in the 20th century that led to sort of a movement and emerging roles of artists as musicians and musicians as artists, which led to this whole phenomenon of what the author calls ‘artist-musicians/musician-artists’. I was unaware of how music inspired artists in their work and vice versa. It was very eye-opening. Music not only led artists to better incorporate the patterns in their artwork but also art led to the development of new musical instruments beyond the chromatic keyboard. The relationship between audio and visuals is much more than just combining them together, it is the relationship between music and art that complements each other and gets these two disciplines under one umbrella. I really enjoyed reading how this practice gave rise to a broad variety of cultural activities like sound art, pop music, film and video, etc. The whole idea of breaking boundaries and producing content that defies general categorization was inspiring. I myself try to make work that is multimedial and interdisciplinary, and after reading this article, I am just more charged up to do so!

I do question how as artists can we best incorporate these multidisciplinary aspects in our work. After going through this reading, I realized how closely these art forms are linked with each other, that it might be hard to clearly categorize which genre one is working with. So, is it possible that we are already dealing with different art forms and not realizing it? One might already be incorporating their music or dance or painting knowledge into dancing or painting or music that they compose, but might be unaware of how one form inspires and contributes to the other. How can we better enhance this relation and intersectionality in our works? Also, with this stems the question of how important is it to know if we are working with multiple art forms at a time to produce art that is interdisciplinary.