Objects again

Shortly after my last post (about four months ago), I wrote two more movements for Objects. I wasn't happy at the time with the way it was turning out. Then I was distracted for a few months. Today I went back and listened to what I had, and was surprised to find that I liked it. So, I think Objects works.

Here's the first page of the second poem, if you'd like to see a bit of what this looks like.

However, I don't think I'm going to keep working on it. The process of writing it is too methodical to be creatively satisfying, and too creative to work on when I don't feel like thinking. I'll probably change my mind some day and go back to it, but for now I'll regard the three poems as done. It's already about 6½ minutes of music as it is, so it might be for the best to leave it be. Although I have to admit there really should be at least a few more movements; it wasn't meant to be complete at this point, and it doesn't feel complete.

But for now I feel much more like doing something John Cage-ish. Maybe I'll write a few Thinking Songs to get back into the swing of it.