tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post114771903660675078..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Censorship by web proxyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1147769832501564682006-05-16T09:57:00.000+01:002006-05-16T09:57:00.000+01:00Dear Pliable and Daniel (Friday, May 5 comment),I ...Dear Pliable and Daniel (Friday, May 5 comment),<BR/><BR/>I have been on tour for the past two weeks (without a computer) and was pleasantly surprised to return home to The Netherlands and to see my photo once again on Pliable's fantastic blog! I thought I might address two things: I was also involved with the wonderful WHRB Orgy season at Harvard on several occasions in the late '80's (Beethoven was a great one!). And - the photo of me (May 5 blogspot) has nothing to do with caressing the keyboard (nice thought all the same); it is supposed to suggest that I (and all composers) LISTEN to the sounds and silences of the universe and frame them individualistically, or "notice" in our own ways the recurring patterns all around us, placing these patterns in new and different contexts when creating a work of music. Perhaps Daniel got the Hammerklavier in his head because Pliable mentioned that there were 106 works in the Proms (thus, the Hammerklavier number). I am also a pianist, Daniel, and I will definitely let you know if I invent a new method of performance where fingers are replaced by heads. Quite honestly, this picture has generated a plethora of reactions, including one person who thought I was looking for a mouse. I might mention that your photo on your blog page is of a cat (who is obviously listening to the Hammerklavier - or looking for a mouse).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com