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I Recalled My LiberationAnd Caught Myself Driftingfor speaker and piano

dedicated to Gabrijel Savic Ra

Matthew Lee KnowlesAugust 2011

My work c on sists- of or ga- ni- sing- mu si- cal- sounds and com bi- nat- ions- of let ters- in to- a wi der - - con text.-

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I see al most- eve ry- thing- as po e- try.- My def i- ni- tion- of mu sic- is a ny- sound how e- ver - mi ni- -

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mal or con cep- tual- which re sults- as the con se- quence- of a com ple- ted- in struc- tion.- This means, in my mind, I

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can b e in struc- ted- to think of a sound and by con tem- pla- ting- this sound I am cre a- - ting mu sic,-

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which no one- can hear. It is a gree- a- ble- to think of na ture- as mu sic,- but this is not the case, na ture- is

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sound, there fore- I dis a- gree- with John Cage that mu sic- is eve ry- where.- I am not in ten- tion- al- ly- po

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li ti- cal,- but I do want to bring a bout- change, which is one of my ma ny- che rished- con tra- dic- tions.- Pat -

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tern and line are vi tal- to my work. Mu si- cal- pat tern- ex ists- in two ways, au di- ble- and in au- di- -

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ble,con crete- and con cep- tual.- I like rhy thm- in my po et- ry,- through re pe- tit- ion,- al li- te- ra- tion,- re la- tion- ships- be -

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tweenwordsand syll a- bles.- In wri ting- I see my self - as an ex treme- e di- tor,- ex trac- ting- cer tain- words or com bi- na- tions- of words from a

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lar ger- pre ex- ist- ing- text, or re mo- ving all the o ther - words, de pen- ding- on your at ti- tude.- In wri ting- these texts I of ten- find

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my self - in a mun dane- and mo no- to- nous- state of

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being, which is an i deal- set ting- for think ing- a bout- where the piece will end up. I have

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com posed- a huge num ber - of graph ica- lly- no ta- ted- and sim il- ar- ly- ex pe- ri- -

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men tal- pie ces- of mu sic,- where the out come- is un pre- dic- ta- ble- and will al ways- be dif fer - ent,- an

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as pect- which I love been pre sent.- I am cur rent- ly- wri ting- mu sic- of a more con crete- na ture- but

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still with some un cer - tain- ty- I com pose- ex pe- ri- men- tal- ly,- I write con cep- tual- ly- and

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to com plete- the tri o- I paint ab stract- ly,- for the ob vio- us- and sim ple- rea son- that the more

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ab stract- a work, the more in terp- ret- at- ions- it can have. When I do use paint,as op posed- to a ny- oth er - ma te- -

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ri als- I can pos si- bly- com mit- - to can vas,- I

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pre fer- chil drens- paints, as they are cheap, dif fi- cult- - to man age- and dry mes si- ly,- with

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lots of break ing- and peel ing.- I make work be cause- I have to: a pop u- lar - ri -

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poste, but I be lieve- the on ly- true ans wer - for a se ri- ous- art ist.- -

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i recalled my liberation and caught myself drifting

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