Composing music has always been a way for me to restore balance. Over the years, my musical life has spanned from performing professionally to quiet inward reflection—a way to process the world around me. It is astonishing to witness the long afterlife of music I have created. Years on, royalties still arrive, carried by listeners I may never meet—most notably in Belgium and Germany. Although I have not performed publicly for some time, the creative process itself has never c