« Lightmare »: Two versions of a moment in life.« The Seduction of Change, The Enchantment of strangeness », a rather poetic autobiographical prose written in spurs during one of my life’s transitions, describes inner and outer landscapes around the world.« Lightmare » is a poetic metaphor picturing the ups and downs of a young woman in her growing transformation from princess to queen to woman. Based on its first paragraph, « Lightmare » was conceived as a musical fugue.