A question that lies unanswered for me is this: what if we stopped being purely responsive to change, but instead we became responsible for it?

This text was written during Classical:NEXT Conference in Hanover, Germany (May 17th-20th, 2022). I was in attendance as an observer and reviewer for Limelight Magazine. A more concise review of the conference is available at their website - the following takes the form more of a live blog of the event for those curious about the experiences and thoughts of someone in the room.