Folded Rock Museum, Sedona AZ

Date of Sketch: August 13, 2005

Clad in the red sandstone of its desert setting, the Folded Rock Museum is inspired by Shostakovich' Symphony No. 10, written in response to Stalin's death in 1953 which signaled the beginning of  cultural liberation in post-Stalinist USSR.  The inward-looking somber mood of the composition broke open the imposition of twenty-five years of communal Social Realism, offering instead an intensely personal response to art.  Shostakovich simply stated, "I wanted to express human emotions and passions."  The Museum is dedicated to the theme of individuality.