What happens when color and music meet?
Light enters through the eyes. Music enters through the ears. What might happen when they’re intentionally brought together?
That’s the question I’m currently exploring with optometrists who use syntonic phototherapy—a practice that uses specific colors and light filters as part of optometric care.
My part of the rabbit hole is exploring what music might bring to the experience—and creating music that can also stand on its own.
I’m creating music to accompany specific syntonic colors and filters, exploring how musical elements such as pitch, frequency, harmony, rhythm, timbre, and musical intention might interact with the experience of light and color.
DO I NEED SYNTONIC FILTERS TO LISTEN?
No.
Although this music is being created as part of my exploration with syntonic phototherapy, you don’t need syntonic filters—or even experience with syntonics—to listen to it.
If you enjoy the music, if it helps you become still, or if it simply feels good to listen to, you can enjoy it as music.
For those using syntonic phototherapy under the guidance of an optometrist, the music can also be used alongside the specific colors and filters for which it was created.
THE RESEARCH IS UNDERWAY
This is an active project, which means there are still more questions than answers—and that’s exactly where research gets interesting.
As the work develops, I’ll share more about the music, the colors and filters we’re exploring, what we’re learning, and the rabbit holes that open along the way.
For now, consider this door officially open.