This month’s Composer’s Choice, “Lotus Opening”, is a meditation on a painting by Frank Wesley called “Krishna and Radha”. (see the full image below) It was painted by Frank for my 21st birthday in 1982. This is what I’ve said about it in other blogs: “This painting came about from long discussions with Frank about the origins of religious deities and the connection I saw between Pan and Krishna. The drawing alone took 3 months to complete. Another 3 months to paint. Frank Wesley was a prime influence on my creative and philosophical development. He taught me drawing, watercolour and calligraphy over the 6 years I’d visit him, once a week , after school. It was only after I left home, that he revealed that as a young man he was commissioned to make the funereal urn for Ghandi’s ashes.” This astonishing painting (more so if you know how difficult it is to paint watercolours!) resonates with me on so many levels: Krishna and Radha are dancing into being – the universe itself. To do so, they have to be synchronised- separate in their identities, unified in action. It reminds me of the love I have for my wife, CelesteLotus Opening – by Stephen Fearnley