Children
I did a project where I composed music for a series of seven films for children that have been distributed in hospitals and hospices in England. Children that were seriously ill and rarely get to leave the hospital environment. The films are basically beautiful films of seasonal places like a sunset on a beach, or autumn in this beautiful forest in Sussex. They are very slow films trying to bring a tranquil experience of being outside in nature. I'd like to make something that feels like if you were there and transports you to those places. Also, it's easier for me to start making music from visual material and a narrative, rather then start from nothing.
Blackbird
At the moment I love blackbirds. For me there there is something so beautifully melodic and musical about the way they sing. If you listen to them really carefully, you can hear call and responses and their conversations across. One of the blackbirds will say a particular thing, go off, comes back and say something else. Then the other blackbird will say the same thing. They have these musical motives that they are using with each other. Also I found out that if you bring a blackbird into isolation it's songs are rather boring. They learn it from their community, since it's a social thing. It could also be an art form, music is made through sharing and learning.