june 8, 2017 | 12:05am, 2m | auxiliary

one week until dance performances begin with la dance company at the joyce. i’ll play music for piano by john cage, numbers 1, 2, 3, and then maybe 4-11 but i’d love for the next set to arrive in the mail—it should have by now—because those have auxiliary sounds both in and out of the piano, and i’d like to explore that. i would have to prepare new scores for these, but i welcome that opportunity. i love these pieces and knew i would. this performance feels like a bubble bath in that i simply look forward to it with absolutely no snags or reservations. just excitement and gratitude. rarely do i really, really look forward to something. i look forward to this, though. meanwhile, on the other end of the spectrum, the MacDowell woodland sketches have started to come together. little nuances pop out all the time. two onesies arrived in the mail yesterday, one of which i have on now, and f has threatened to throw them away. i knew that would happen.