Oh, this means so much to me, Moose. Thank you for these kinds words. While I write my pieces for "the ages," who am I kidding, what's eminently real to me is what the performers think... :)

I've always thought that if aliens land on our planet, they would both marvel at our arts and feel great disappointment at our political tensions and enmities... I might very well play them your performance of Pachamama Meets an Ode, what with its message about centuries-long cross-cultural tensions and their correlating harm to the earth. The piece ends on a telling question tinged with hope; I'd hope for any outer galactic intelligent species to glom onto that and give humanity a chance.