“A rare literary achievement… In essence Bass Cathedral giver us a vision to retrieve essentials in music and art that have been so suppressed in their variety - by an undeviating order or value - they are virtually lost or sent into exile. In retrieving, or bringing them back , we face a complicated focus on the nature of originality which is open to vulnerabilities across the spectrum of humanity… and to a potential wholeness to be derived from the creativity of all cultures.”