Visual Galleries

Visual galleries are part of how frames take shape.

Images and videos are created alongside music, not added after the fact. They exist within the same period of attention and influence how the work develops while it’s being made.

A gallery belongs to a specific frame. It should be read in relation to the musical collections from that same frame.

What the Visuals Are Doing

The visuals aren’t illustrations of finished songs.

They help establish mood, tone, and presence while the work is still in motion. They influence lyrical direction, pacing, and how Nora appears during that period. Sometimes a single image sets the emotional range for a track. Other times a sequence of visuals helps define the atmosphere a collection settles into.

This is especially true of Nora’s appearance. Her look can shift from frame to frame. Age, expression, styling, and small details may change. These changes are not meant to signal a new identity. They reflect the needs of the work being made within that frame.

Relationship to Musical Collections

Visual galleries exist in support of musical collections.

They are meant to deepen the context around the music, not compete with it. A gallery should be read as part of the same space as the songs it sits alongside.

Continuity is strongest within a frame. Across frames, variation is expected. Visual consistency is not carried forward unless it continues to serve the work.

Incompleteness and Change

Like the music, galleries are not exhaustive.

Many images and videos created during a frame are never shown publicly. Others appear later, once it becomes clear that they help clarify the space that was explored.

It’s also possible for galleries to change over time. New visual work may surface after a frame has been considered complete. Sometimes later images spark new ways of seeing an earlier period, especially around Nora’s presence and appearance.

When that happens, galleries may be expanded or adjusted. This isn’t revision. It’s a continuation of attention.

A gallery isn’t meant to be definitive.

It doesn’t summarize a frame or explain it fully. It offers another way into the same space the music came from. Some galleries feel cohesive and restrained. Others are looser, more exploratory.

You don’t need to see every image to understand the work. Spend time where something holds your attention and move on when it doesn’t.

That rhythm mirrors how the galleries were made.

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