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We all have our own way of working and understanding, maybe this helps you, maybe not. I can only share my thoughts with you and hope for the best. Of course, I will change my mind, Insights happen all the time, that’s what being an Artist is. A Work of Art is always in motion.… Continue reading You can’t start a garden with a flower

When a new era knocks on the door: I fall into a new Chapter. When new Music presents itself: I fall into it backwards. Then I have to trust the Silence: have Faith in being nothing and Listen.   My ego frustrates my falling to be completely Free, when it struggles to force Music to… Continue reading Falling into a new Chapter

I was playing Ravel and the composition made me so sad. I just can’t be in it, the illogical constructions, the despaire. Then I found a quote in a book by I. Mcgillchrist. Ravel had a brain disease and his left side of the brain deteriorated in such  a way, that he could still hear… Continue reading A composition is a relation

I asked philosopher Iain McGilchrist online at the Q&A of 09-12-2023 the following question: How does the coincidence of opposites help create music? This is a transcription of his answer: It’s a terribly good question. I put it in partly because I thought this is a really testing question. And I think partly, I don’t… Continue reading Iain Mcgilchrist, music and the coincidence of opposites

Once, I tried to create a huge sea-turtle smashing the window of a sea-aquarium. I woke up a Sunday-morning, dreaming a bright blue tubular light was shining in front of me. And I thought: “It’s the waves making the emotions.” Have you ever seen Rothko in real live? That is also waves making the emotion,… Continue reading Not the music makes the emotions, the waves do.

We got stuck in a Zoom-in-meeting about details. Now, let’s Zoom-out of this meeting and write some Beautiful music. Let me explain: Inventive composers are always educating themselves. So it’s important to think about the best way to study your whole life, all the time. My personal experiences come from a self-educating perspective, an autodidact… Continue reading Zoom in – Zoom out

The Vision of a 4D Cobweb over the moon.  I got really completely stuck, my own Form didn’t work well for practical reasons, so I decided to use a Rondo instead. By pure perseverance the piece became longer and longer.. then, suddenly, things turned out really interesting. I stopped myself, knowing that I could not… Continue reading The 4D Cobweb of the Work of Art

From his book With my own two hands Rhythms govern the universe. It’s awe-inspiring to gaze into the heavens and contemplate the speed and predictable course of each planet. The rhythmic change of the seasons. Rhythm refers to any regulated movement containing strong and weak pulses. As, for example the ebb and flow of tides.… Continue reading Seymour Bernstein

. . . . . . . . Courage It takes courage to look back and be kind to everything you created.  Being accepting and kind to all the Music that came to you, is much more provoking  than ‘critiquing’ it. . . . . . . . . . Kindness I never thought about… Continue reading Viola and kindness