Small windows—the real thing or as metaphor—are inherently poetic. Through them we see only a fragment of the world outside their frame—sunlight streaming in, the building across the street, a stranger passing, an abstract arrangement of sky and cloud. Small windows are inherently minimalist this way, because of how they contain what you notice. As… Continue reading

There are two techniques of composing I use that generate very different results. The first is the goes along with technique. The idea here is build one part then build a second part by playing along with the first. Then play a third part along with parts 1 and 2, and so on, one layer at a… Continue reading