Rates of change. Permanence ; Acceleration and pace ; Diversity ; Capability ; Acceptance of context ; New models -- The states of art. Commerce and excellence ; Subgroups in society ; The general event -- The public and private realms. Alternate forms of art ; Alternate approaches to art -- Sound. Natural sound and its limits ; Synthesis ; The last dimension: space -- Time. Short intervals, duration, and temporal perspective ; Experimental approaches to measurement ; Some pitfalls ; Altered time frames -- Notation. The creative continuum ; The function of notation ; Good notational practice -- Morphology in music. Computers: the necessity of foresight ; The implications of abundance ; Changing views of experience.