Is Noah "Everyday" Kalina really Philip Glass' long-lost son?

You've likely seen the unique Internet phenomenon, everyday, AKA "Noah takes a photo of himself every day for 6 years". If you've watched it — and I recommend doing so — then you've experienced an extraordinary work of art. And not just the visuals, because the music, composed by Carly Comando, fits the imagery perfectly: soundalike works have become part of subsequent parodies and homages.

I was one of the first people to comment on the YouTube posting of everyday, but I don't take pride in that; I was also one of the first to have noticed that Comando's soundtrack sounds very similar to the minimalist/repetitive work of acclaimed classical composer Philip Glass — there's even a "mashup" titled "Everyday Truman Sleeps". (Also compare this to "Philip Glass At Home", which has some suspicious conspiracy theories in the comments.)

Further Google-osity reveals I'm not alone in this opinion.

But perhaps I was looking at this the wrong way… instead of Comando being Philip Glass' daughter in a sense, what if Noah Kalina was the long-lost son of Philip Glass? This struck me in a Malcolm Gladwell-esque kind of Blinkian way, and I've put together the above side-by-side comparison to show you that Kalina the younger is a spitting image of Glass the elder.

I wonder if they've ever met in person?

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