If nothing is at risk, nothing is established.

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I suppose that the scope and implications of such forces have rendered my personal accounting...

I suppose that the scope and implications of such forces have rendered my personal accounting...

The past nine years in San Diego have represented such a period of questioning.

The past nine years in San Diego have represented such a period of questioning.

Hence my obstinate emphasis on stylistic continuity from work to work rather than specific sibling...

Hence my obstinate emphasis on stylistic continuity from work to work rather than specific sibling...

Naturally enough, I couldn't have foreseen the vast sea change which has come upon that...

Naturally enough, I couldn't have foreseen the vast sea change which has come upon that...

Why, in such a case, should the performer essay any sort of considered approach at...

Why, in such a case, should the performer essay any sort of considered approach at...

Sometimes one can be so closely involved with things that the larger context is lost...

Sometimes one can be so closely involved with things that the larger context is lost...

When I speak of cycles, I am referring to lengthy intervals of relative homogeneity, if...

When I speak of cycles, I am referring to lengthy intervals of relative homogeneity, if...

With respect to the respective French and German traditions you are no doubt correct, although...

With respect to the respective French and German traditions you are no doubt correct, although...

When I left Europe in 1987 I did so with the thought that my relevance...

When I left Europe in 1987 I did so with the thought that my relevance...

So: we're all tired. Now what? Manuscripts written in Club Med?

So: we're all tired. Now what? Manuscripts written in Club Med?

In my model, important interference phenomena arise when individual strata come into contact. These chaotic...

In my model, important interference phenomena arise when individual strata come into contact. These chaotic...

My own position is, that it is largely up to the work itself to suggest...

My own position is, that it is largely up to the work itself to suggest...

In my own recent String Trio I attempt to superimpose two quite different sets of...

In my own recent String Trio I attempt to superimpose two quite different sets of...

Questioning the nature and implications of liminal instances necessarily involves failure, if only in the...

Questioning the nature and implications of liminal instances necessarily involves failure, if only in the...

I frequently compose out the entire metric structure of a piece in modified cyclic form,...

I frequently compose out the entire metric structure of a piece in modified cyclic form,...

The Western musical canon came about not merely by accumulation, but by opposition and subversion,...

The Western musical canon came about not merely by accumulation, but by opposition and subversion,...

I'm perplexed, though, by your application of the term 'negative' to my figural imagery.

I'm perplexed, though, by your application of the term 'negative' to my figural imagery.

In any case, the fewer boundaries that exist hindering free movement between all forms of...

In any case, the fewer boundaries that exist hindering free movement between all forms of...

The idea of 'machine assemblage' is, especially, very alien to my sensibility, since it suggests...

The idea of 'machine assemblage' is, especially, very alien to my sensibility, since it suggests...

Certainly being in California has encouraged a sustained commitment to rethinking the nature, purposes, and...

Certainly being in California has encouraged a sustained commitment to rethinking the nature, purposes, and...