Writing a New Year's greeting to a composer friend this morning I was reminded of the nerve it takes for a composer to put pen to paper - to imagine that anyone will want to even attempt to discern what prompted the work in the first place.
That applies to anyone who creates anything.
Make a point during 2013 of supporting not just one, but at least five people who are sticking their necks out without institutional or governmental monies/controls pulling the applicable string. Why not start by supporting this blog? www.tonalrefraction.net