I think we have our maladies for a reason. Perhaps, more aware and fully informed, we might reconsider the course, but once we are in the midst of things why not make the most of it? I think your response to this crisis is admirably positive and will deepen your art and your life.

And yes the unfinished Contrapuctus! I leave my body momentarily while reading through the BACH theme section, before it breaks off. A certain retired professor was supposed to have given me a copy of the Tovey completion, but he’s probably still blaming my first lover Trevor, who helped him in one of his studio moves, for irretrievably misplacing it.