"I’m concerned with the nature of time passing. Remaining in the present, each moment eludes me, instantly becoming a memory. I am the sum of my memories. I understand the present in terms of my past. I share the Japanese fascination with transience and perishability. Focusing on the timbre of each note or passing moment, the timing and spacing of sound and silence, I mark the passing of time. For me simplicity, incompleteness and imperfection, suggest the possibility of growth, creating ambiguity and space for the listener. Incompleteness and imperfection occur in irregularity and asymmetry. Simplicity allows the mind freedom to imagine." [P.N.]