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this non predictable element
into my work, however, dif-
ferently from Stockhausen,
the transition from each of
my moments is not abrupt
and sudden, in other words,
all different moments flow
seamless and continuously to
each other.

K. Stockhausen - Momente

NOTE
When I compose, I usu-
ally take a day and write a
lot. This piece presented me
a different approach to com-
posing, by instigating me to
To help myself incap- write actively during a period
sulate each thought and idea of 12 days. There were days in
I had during a day, I have which I did not feel inspired
written some sort of short at all, however I had to sit
description alongside each down and convince myself to
moment (e.g Folky Town), so write something.
that I did not lose track of
what I was creating. This was
the case for most days, how-
ever, in some of them, I would
write the music first and the
description of the moment
afterwards; this was the case
for Colourful Aggression,
Folky Town and Nostalgic Col-
ourful Magic. Though the text
has guided me, sometimes I
do not feel it was beneficial,
as I believe that the use of
text, as a foundation to work
from, may limit your line of
thought to a specific frame-
work and that is why I worked
with the music first rather
than text for some of the
days.