Composing naturally

I am busy with a Sonata. I know what I wanted to say with it, but I just couldn't get into it. Then I started to play old Sonata's I composed a few years ago with improvised interpretation (see Improvisational Interpretation and Composing )

Suddenly, I got a great motif - the the right intentions with it. I laid on the bed and started to write, developing that motif into a theme - which in the end, ended in a beautiful polyphonic theme - with beautiful developments. It all flowed out of me...

I had the idea (took me months) and TODAY I got the right interpretation of that idea, improvised the right motif and developed in - just penning down whatever comes into my head - subconscience of the development (advanced developmend and perfection came in later).

This is - perhaps, by any change - the natural way to compose?

I've never written a sonata, so I can't exactly relate with you on that, but I think every one has his or her own way of writing. Usually, I just think of something simple and then just write and write and write and write until I've finished. I don't sit down and think of the work as a whole, I just create the music as I go. Usually, the end result is nothing like I thought it would be. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. I think that's part of composing, though. Finding YOUR way of expression through music, not necessarily following guidelines. *shrugs*

there really isnt a "natural way to compose" in my opinion. compose however you feel comfortable. and i think how you compose is comfortable for you. so i think its your "natural way to compose".

What is natural? How is your method of composing considered natural? What is the un-natural method by which you are comparing? Computer and program vs. score and pencil. I do agree that using only mind, score and pencil is more internally influenced.

True, will, but it takes a long time to develop sight-sound relationships. That's where the computer helps, so long as you understand its limitations.

But natural composition is more of an end than a means - if the composition "feels" natural, then what does it matter how the composition was created?

Let it flow naturally - the sonata doesn't end as abruptly as my Scherzo no 1. It flows - even more! But it is a long and difficult piece.

Everyone has his/her own personal way to compose naturally. Thank you for your comments!