| Nazila was very fiery and spastic, and was associated with metallic percussion and xylophone. |
| Samira seemed hollow and floating through life and was given a blown instrument, the melodica. |
| Sussan’s shiftiness reminded me of water which runs through fingers yet cannot be held onto and became represented by the bowed psaltery. |
| Mitra was slow and earthy and became associated with a plucked instruments from Mali called an Ngoni. |
| Marjaneh, the head of the center, would be the only adult whose archetype I eventually chose to underline with the more mature and traditional sound of a classical guitar. |
