John King

COMPOSITE TIME Proklos : Time and its composite properties are something we can also explore together. Sympnoia : This would be most interesting, as discovering new methods of unbinding Time and releasing its complete potential is an aspect of organizing sound that warrants new investigations. Pro:

THE ALLEGORY OF THE FROGS Sympnoia: Can we examine the progression of Time and its organization through any other means? Deriving all participant materials from the First Cause, Time, and its manner of divisions is certainly one way to illuminate Time, but of another?

Proklos: Let us continue and see where this journey leads…. Proposition 1 – “every primary cause infuses its effect more powerfully than does a universal second cause when a universal second cause removes its power from a thing, the universal primary cause does not withdraw

Proklos: Why, my dear Sympnoia, should we be attempting this long investigation into Time and Sound, especially now, "when music has become almost arbitrary and composers refuse to be bound by any rules and principles, detesting the very name or idea of school

Sympnoia: Yes, this method of re-ordering pitches is clear and it presents a new question, which is, how then is Time organized within this work? Proklos: My dear and insightful Sympnoia, you have struck the true essence of this manner of working…how do

Proklos: Welcome my dear Sympnoia, fellow explorer in the realms of sound Sympnoia: Thank you kind Proklos for allowing me entry into this symposium of sound and the ideas relating to such. Let the explorations and discoveries begin. Pro: Your enthusiasm gives great energy