I wanted to build a world where agriculture and art collapse into each other — where tending a garden means composing a symphony. The Ainu-Calabrian fusion felt necessary because both cultures have such rich relationships with nature and craft, but rarely touch in visual conversation. The bronze and bergamot palette is unusual but warm — I wanted her to feel like she belongs to this place so completely that she's nearly the same color as it. The key was making her present, not mystical. She's not a priestess. She's a gardener who happens to grow sound, and she's delighted you showed up. — Volt