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SOME paintings are meant to be appreciated in silence. Not this one. Called Unravelling µþ´Ç±ôé°ù´Ç, it is a bar-by-bar representation of Maurice Ravel’s iconic orchestral piece , created by the Canadian artist . It also happens to provide an intriguing window into the creative mind.

After Adams had completed the piece in 1994, it emerged that she was suffering from the neurodegenerative condition known as primary progressive aphasia. The disease later robbed Adams of speech, and eventually took her life. In its early stages, however, it seemed to unleash a flowering of neural development in a…