When I Paint My Masterpiece

The album marks a reset - a quiet revolution. After years of relentless international touring, Levy felt an urgent need for community and renewal. Gruelling road schedules with very little support left her wondering: who am I really doing all this for? The system was uncaring and broken, and so it was that she came to envision a new healthy and healing mode of musical genesis. 'For me, that looked like resting, extending my creative reach, going back to school, studying painting and poetry,' she explains. 'Taking a step away from music as guided by industry expectations. Simplifying things. Getting a job, starting to teach. Engaging with the process rather than the product.' This need for a more deliberate creative renewal was rejected by her existing systems of support, so she began the search for an alternative.