The Past Nine Years In

Questioning The Nature And Implications Of Liminal Instances Necessarily Involves Failure, If Only In The Specifically Technical Sense Of Entering Spaces Where Prevailing Criteria Of Success Scarcely Apply.

When I Speak Of "cycles," I Am Referring To Lengthy Intervals Of Relative Homogeneity, If Not In The Resolving Of Problems, Than At Least With Respect To The Consistency Of Their Capacity To Productively Irritate.

Composers Dialogue - And Obsessively, Bitterly Argue - With Other Composers, Often Over The Span Of Several Centuries.

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

If Nothing Is At Risk, Nothing Is Established.