Sublime

In the largest view, I see a deep transformation in the nature of reading, a shift from focused, sequential, text-centered engagement to a far more lateral kind of encounter.

St. Matthew Passion,’”

“Ancient Aiethopia” calls up the spirit of Ellington’s programmatic

so that when Oppen uses the word he activates a whole tradition, which makes up much of the resonance of a poem and also much of its pleasure, the palming off of words from poet to poet, little touches across time.

What does it mean to transform a whole world into music? That’s what opera is about. The idea of staging an opera seemed a strange thing for me to do, until I realised that since my earliest days as a filmmaker I have sought to transform every action, every word into images, so I thought, “Why shouldn’t I try at least once in my life to do the same