The title suggests some mystery in these free-form “Existential Postcards,” which came to me as though from some other- worldly, yet recognizable, state of existence or perception. “Etherea” dwells in the stratospheric regions of harmonic atmosphere, where tones become as light as helium. “Cryptica” concerns my reaction to a painting of the Spanish-Mexican Surrealist artist Remedios Varo. In her painting Exploration of the Source of the Orinoco River, it is apparent that the drama of exploration takes place within the made-up landscape of the unconscious, where there is a fusing of surreality, myth, and painterly tradition extending back to the early Flemish masters, with their attention to detail and esoteric symbolism. “Gnostalgia” is both nostalgic and knowing, as fragments of a just-remembered melody morph into raging intensity, before disappearing with a gentle ripple.