Glenda León. Cada sonido es una forma de tiempo (Every sound is a shape of time), 2015. Artist book. 13 x 19 inches. Collection Pérez Art Museum Miami, gift of Jorge M. Pérez Cada sonido es una forma de tiempo (Every sound is a shape of time) is an artist book by the Cuban artist Glenda Leon. In its current display, the seven pages of the book are hung side by side in one consecutive line. Each page of the artist’s book measures thirteen inches tall by nineteen inches wide. Together, the work hangs horizontally, with its longest side running parallel to the ground.Since 2010, the artist has been transforming photographs of everyday scenes into visual musical scores. For example, in Lluvia (Rain), Léon captures a window with drops of rain, displaying an overcast day with a backdrop of a grey and black sky. The surface of the window is adorned with numerous water droplets, and through this moisture-laden pane, there are subtle white parallel lines across the horizon. These lines are not randomly placed but instead, seem to mimic the structured arrangement of music on a staff, as if the image itself were a sheet of music. These subtle lines are found throughout the suite of images. In Vuelo (Flight), we see birds flying with fine black lines crossing over them in the sky; in Otoño (Autumn), we see them over dry leaves on the ground; in Estrellas (Stars), over specks of light in the night sky; in Azar (Chance), over the three pairs of dice on a white background. The last image of the suite, Nombre de todos los dioses (Names of all gods), contains 130 names of gods from around the world are written in braille on a staff; making tangible what cannot be seen with what can only be felt or heard.