ABOVE HIDDEN LAKE, late mountan spring (VII.21.2011) [ click photo for next . . . ]
On the road in the Northwest of America.

Time folds into Space like a thread
wound round into a skein;

The one-at-a-time folds into and becomes
the all-at-once, as differences
become co-present.

Listen to the notes of Melody wind round
themselves to become Harmony as the
piano’s sustaining pedal is pushed down.

That’s the sound of Time becoming Space.

New OCTET PROJECT score, 7 versions for
building a vocal, resonant, ensemble sound.

Join me in my campaign to bring the conservation of Nature
and the best of classical music together. The sonosphere—the
sea of sounds which surrounds us—deserves as much attention and
care as our water and air!

from 100 MINIATURES

(30) In both Music and Poetry, what is important
is not so much what we think of as style or aesthetics,
but rather the quality of energy which manifests in
a piece as we bring it to life in performance. What
makes Music or Poetry relevant or new, regardless
of when it was composed, who is playing or saying
it, or from which world culture it originates, is the
strength of resonance its energy has with the repertoire
of metaphysical urgencies of the present moment.



(31) In the Arts, the degree of precision required
in any particular situation should not be dictated
merely by largely arbitrary external standards, but
rather informed by the inner movement of meaning
within the widest possible context being considered.
Irrelevant precision results in the imprecision of
something relevant.

100 MINIATURES please preview
my little book of aphorisms &
sayings in prose [opens in new window]

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(created: VIII.7.2011)