An answer for Alison

Acquaintance Alison, friend of my good friend (and fellow composer) Ben Kamen, (I do not know her surname, apologies) asked me recently to describe what music I compose, in one sentence. I spent a long time thinking on this and gave a rather trite answer, which did not satisfy the said acquaintance's interest. Ben ascribed my response to a lack of understanding what music I compose. I must confess that at the time, he was indeed correct. However, I have had time to think on this and have finally produced an answer which should please Alison, in that it is, if not genre-focused, at least conclusive.
Having recently re-thought the plethora of musical possibilities open to me, I realise that while it may by a good thing to commit to the development of only one or two ideas in any composition (in order to preserve a musical coherence), it would be no less than foolish of me to narrow the potential of musical creativity available to me by deciding upon a particular music to compose. I think this is especially important as a student composer, who has more opportunity to be truly creative in musical thought than one who receives regular commissions (although that would be nice!!). Instead, I decide to gaze upon all my musical materials and wonder how I might compose them. This experience is both wonderfully exciting and daunting. I have silence as a canvas and it would be unfortunate to always fill it with the same sound, so I fully intend to experiment. Not with numbers or computers, which are preparatory to sound, but with sound itself. I do not believe this makes me an "experimental" composer, but simply a composer who enjoys a compositional liberty, that comes from the knowledge that he has the opportunity to be truly creative.