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Most compositions start with an improvisation, a spontaneous revelation! This work "Flow Motion" (1999) is incomplete, yet vital to my development. Sometimes not finishing a work can be a profound experience. As a composer I think I am too pragmatic, always having to get my own works performed and that thought can become confining. This Flow Motion Technique involves using graphic notation to sketch the form of the work and then us it like a blueprint to fill in the 'composed' sections of the piece. ! But sometimes the white heat of inspiration can be too overwhelming to document. I developed short hand - grids, graphics, etc - to 'capture' the energy, in particular, for 'place'. Geography deeply influences my work ( nothing unique really) - especially the cracks and crevices of New York City, my hometown for some 13+ years now. "Flow Motion" is playable I think as an improvisational system, but somehow it remains incomplete and I enjoy the incompleteness!

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