Notes.
Notes from the house
Essays, observations and unfinished thoughts on art, story, audience, and the work of building things. A director’s notes column, kept in public.
Issue no. 02•Two essays•August 2026
Latest · Audiences · August 2026
Sometimes the Show Is the Problem
Nobody says this out loud at opera conferences: sometimes people don’t come back because the show was a dud.
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The billIn order of appearance
Also in the file · On craft · July
What Opera Taught Me About Building
I spent fifteen years preparing to walk onto stages I couldn't fully see until the lights came up.
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In the wings
What I’m thinking through next.
IIIThe Wrong Kind of FounderBeing non-technical wasn’t the obstacle. It was the qualification. I built the CRM because I was living the problem, by hand, for years.
IVHow Do You Balance the Budget?Earned against contributed. Safe programming against brave. And the myth that a bigger budget means a healthier organization.
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