Electric Guitar in the Ringed Sound Basin

An electric guitar with a swirl-patterned teal body and a long dark fretboard lies across the middle of a round stone basin, seen from above. Its pickups in blue, orange and violet and its six strings are clear, and the headstock at lower left carries colored tuning knobs and a small garden of bell flowers. Tiny people live on the guitar: a band plays on a stage at the upper right, technicians work on a scaffold by the pickups, and visitors wander in a flower garden on the body. Around it, curved brick terraces hold amplifiers, speakers, mixing desks and cables, and bowl-shaped booths seat small groups of listeners. The ring after ring of walls and steps sorts the picture into bands of color, each with its own little corner of sound equipment.