A hands on, practical music composition course based on an idea: Metaphors about what music is, and what writing it is, power and shape what we create. By exploring these metaphors, and making the unconscious conscious, we can find new ways in to techniques and aesthetics. 1. [[Music as a Slow Reveal]] 2. [[Music as Line]] 3. [[Music as Text]] 4. [[Music as a Conversation]] 5. [[Music as a Web]] 6. [[Music as a Process]] 7. [[Music as a Pattern]]