There are many responses to the music of faith in our society today. Music has the power to move us deeply and to inspire us. Some responses to powerful and inspirational music are eloquent, beautiful and artistic expressions in their own right. One example is the work of the Wiltshire-born artist Janet Boulton who, in recent years, has been working on an artistic project known as ‘Eye Music’. It is Janet's motivation, faith and inspiration that form the focus of this chapter. For me, Janet's ‘Eye Music’ project beautifully captures the relationship between music and faith. The artistic connection between the sung notes within Christian liturgy, particularly in the service of Tenebrae in Holy Week, is explored in a personal way, recognising the movement, both within the liturgy and within the heart of the believer, from darkness to light, from despair to hope. My research into this interconnectedness between sacred music, its impact on a congregation or audience, and the subsequent artistic expression of that experience in visual art has been hugely advanced by knowing Janet and her work, and learning of the fascinating motivation and meaning of this important project.

The ‘Eye-Music’ series of watercolour/collage and paper-pulp reliefs are inspired by the idea of graphic musical notation. Janet writes that she

Joe Scarffe writes of her work: