For our fifth CD, Esopus invited 12 musicians to pick a work of visual art they recalled as having been significant to them at some point in their lives and then use it as inspiration for a song. The selected pieces ranged from historic masterpieces to contemporary work to anonymous folk art. 

Some songs hint at their source lyrically; others—including several instrumentals—echo in musical form the visual poetry of the piece they reference. Connecting particular tracks with their source is a challenge, and we didn't make it any easier: Esopus asked musicians to avoid directly referencing the artworks’ titles in their songs, because we thought readers might enjoy establishing the links on their own.