What I'm dealing with is sound. I don't pretend to be dealing with music. I'm just dealing with sound elements, textures and sounds.
If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: 'President Can't Swim.'
Things were here before you and will be here after you're gone. The geographic features, especially, give you a sense of your own place in the world and in time.