If Nothing Is At Risk, Nothing Is

In My Own Recent String Trio I Attempt To Superimpose Two Quite Different Sets Of Formal Strategies, Both Of Which, Ultimately, Refer Back To Historical Precedent.

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.

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.

If Nothing Is At Risk, Nothing Is Established.

It Is Still True That It Is Easier To Compose A Poem In The Form Of A Manual For Adjusting A Vcr Than It Is To Write A Piece Using Just Tuning As A Symphony.