But it’s precisely that path – the joint struggle over every pitch, every duration, every nuance of sound – that I would call “ground truth” in art. (2/9)

For Samson (after Rameau, directed by Claus Guth), I worked with Raphaël Pichon – and rarely has a process felt more intense. (3/9)

The final result, a fusion of baroque music and cinematic sound design, is not something either of us could have created alone.
It’s the product of a shared journey, not just a finished artifact. (4/9)

In the age of generative AI, this has become a real problem:
We artists have spent too long showcasing outcomes – not how they came to be. (5/9)

In doing so, we’ve underestimated how easily the value of the outcome itself can be undermined when “results” seem possible without process.
Fast, cheap, and at scale. (6/9)

Maybe it’s time we shift the focus toward the value of process itself.
And invite more people to take part in it – not just as spectators, but as co-thinkers and co-feelers. (7/9)

Not because it’s a novel idea.
But because if we don’t, we may soon have nothing left to defend. (8/9)