As an adolescent I attended a Barre Phillips concert in Lisbon. Perplexed by what I had just heard, I went backstage to ask him about the sources of his inspiration. His answer mainly referred to natural phenomena such as the ‘sunrise’ and ‘birds singing’, with Igor Stravinsky’s name included somewhere in between. Expecting to hear the names of other outstanding musicians, I was slightly disappointed with the reply because I considered music as something complacently detached from the surrounding world. Ironically, I now find it increasingly difficult to discern the barriers between the two. The more I listen to the ‘sonic ecosystems’ we live in, the more I discover fascinating relationships and random juxtapositions that spontaneously align in my ears as ‘readymade compositions’.