<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky is a 1995 "song play" with music composed by John Adams and a libretto by June Jordan . </P> <P> The story takes place in the aftermath of the 1994 earthquake in Los Angeles, and covers the reactions of all characters to the event . The main characters are seven young Americans all living in Los Angeles but from different social and ethnic backgrounds . </P>

John adams i was looking at the ceiling