I got bored with the old way - it came too easy. I worked until I could play and chord changes at any tempo in any key, and then said 'What else is there?' Now I'm finding out.
I believe it's a real tedious hostage negotiation to have a marriage be what it is.
I began composing works which were imitative of the music I was being told about. I was also very interested in translating the music into visual terms.