Composers Dialogue - And Obsessively, Bitterly Argue

If The Work Of Art Is To Continue Pursuing The Vision Of Both Being In And Of The World But Nevertheless In Some Fashion Being More Than Just One More Object To The Mounting Clutter, This Is The Specific Point, I Think, Where This Must Be Assured.

This Was Possible Only By Dint Of Extended Periods Of Frequently Quite Painful Reflection And Digestion.

Sometimes One Can Be So Closely Involved With Things That The Larger Context Is Lost To View.

Actually, Most Things I Say In Public Lead More Or Less Directly To My Own Compositional Practice, So I Should Be Careful About Generalizing Lest They Come Back To Haunt Me.

As A Necessary Prerequisite To The Creation Of New Forms Of Expression One Might, I Suppose, Argue That Current Sensibilities Respond Uniquely To The Notion Of Exhaustion As Exhaustion, Although That Does De Facto Seem Rather Limiting.