Monday morning, back to the office. Not the composer today, merely a developer. Leave the notes at the door, pick up the code.

I’m finding it much easier to focus on my work today than it has been for the past month. My mind is free, the final throes of artistic birth have ended, and Dramatis is out there. The hard work is over, and I can say “I made that. Neat, eh?” After the final performance on Saturday, I will incorporate changes made over the rehearsals from the score and parts into the master copies, write up some notes, and burn the entire thing to a CD-ROM and file it away in my portfolio. This is, however, archiving and copying work, not creative work.

I’m grateful that I had the opportunity to write this piece and bring it into the world. I don’t think it’s my masterwork, but it’s well crafted and I’m proud of it. I’m eager to move on to other projects.