"Jazz vision is the fusion of music and art a real paradox of same-yet different. Here we play in exchanges, like the hardness of the key of c# major and from the softness of Db major - capturing, reflecting and improvising"

Jazz vision, as described by Barbara Januszkiewicz, evokes a dynamic interplay where music and art converge into a single perceptual experience. Fusion suggests not a simple blending but an active negotiation, a “paradox of same-yet-different.” This phrase invites contemplation of how distinct forms, visual and auditory, maintain their uniqueness while merging into something new. The paradox lives in their tension, where identity is both preserved and transformed.

Januszkiewicz chooses the metaphor of jazz improvisation as her organizing principle. Jazz, by its nature, is conversation. Musicians bounce ideas, themes, and rhythms off one another, responding in real time. This reciprocity is mirrored in the interaction of music and visual art. Each discipline retains core elements, color, rhythm, line, melody, while borrowing from the other’s language, forging unexpected connections.

The reference to the hardness of C# major and softness of Db major is nuanced. Musically, C# major and Db major are enharmonically equivalent; on the keyboard they share the same notes, but their “key signature”, the framework in which they are contextualized, shifts perception. “Hardness” and “softness” are aesthetic judgments, yet they reflect how even technically identical things feel different within varying contexts. Just as a painter’s use of crimson may evoke warmth or unease depending on composition, a musician’s articulation of a key changes with intention and setting. Januszkiewicz alludes to art’s power to capture and reflect this elusive subjectivity.

Improvisation completes the equation, both artist and musician respond to the moment, drawing from internalized rules only to reinvent them. The jazz vision is thus never static: it is a framework for experiencing the shimmer between dualities, between what is structured and what is fleeting. Ultimately, it encourages an openness to shifting perspectives, recognizing that meaning lives not merely in forms, but in their living, breathing interactions.