composition – Page 32 – a hundred quirky legs

Come, poser! Exercise #245

When you meet a famous composer, ask them if they’d come pose with you for a selfie.

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Do you spend enough time making music
and not enough talking about it, or
do you spend enough time talking about music
and not enough making it?

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How does this sound from 20, 50, 100 meters away?

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Feedbacking baby phones in an empty house.

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Spray paint portraits of your favorite composers on walls and billboards.

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Attribute melodies to spots in your neighborhood and hum them every time you pass them by.

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Climate spirituals.

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Make an exploded-view drawing of a love song.

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Stop preaching to the choir. Just sing.

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State your mission

as an artist

in one essay,

then one page,

one paragraph,

one sentence,

a single word,

a fierce ululation,

a profound silence.

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