The boy yelling is my neighbor across the street, arguing with his folks. The drumming is courtesy of the neighborhood garage band that practices nightly. Ruth Etting provides the beautiful crooning and the stringed instrument accompaniment at the end of the piece is Korean kayagum. It never ceases to amaze me how I can put on any record, seemingly at random, and it will seamlessly fold into my music. I take it as proof that everything is symbiotic, that one choice is as good as another, that no matter what happens, you will thrive, just as sounds do when thrown together. The accordion and clarinet play long tones in unison; I chose 3 notes and used a random number generator to determine which note would be played. I especially enjoy the end of this piece (as I usually do); all the extraneous energy has been expended and I’m able to settle into the music without fear of having to express anything.

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