My reaction to a lot of the current situation that we're in is based in part on a serious concern that the present administration's course ignores reality.
I frequently compose out the entire metric structure of a piece in modified cyclic form, where each cyclic revolution undergoes some form of 'variation' much as if measure lengths were concrete musical 'material.'
The Canadians have managed to live peacefully with their Indians. It is disgrace that the United States has not done the same.