Walter van Nus

Mahler seems to stand on a gigantic vessel ;  looking at his backside ,obviously his left hand pulls , lifts forces out of the dark , along his corpus to his right , direction hand .

Symphonic ship' as an image orginates from it'sshape ; the shape of a ship reminds me of music, especially the older ones. Just as cathedrals , they give the impression of coagulated music .Now the symphony is like a vehicle , like a seaship among the musical forms .

This ship comes into existence and sails as long as the piece of music sounds ; after the apotheosis , she vanishes with unknown destination , yet continues in memory .

Also : 'Mahler' or 'The Symfonic Ship' , a poem .