Val’s Notebooks
Field notes from within the project.
Overview
Val’s Notebooks is a space for reflection, doubt, and ongoing inquiry.
A place where questions emerge between interviews, not answers.
What these notebooks are
These are not behind-the-scenes explanations or production diaries.
They are written traces of a process in motion.
Notes taken after listening.
Questions that remain open.
Their role within the project
While the interviews give voice to Marie de Caba, Val’s Notebooks register the impact of that voice.
They exist between episodes, extending the conversation into the present.
Point of view
Val Ferren writes as a listener, not as an authority.
His perspective is partial, provisional, and shaped by uncertainty.
The notebooks do not seek to interpret Marie’s words, but to stay with them.
Relation to the audience
Some questions originate with the audience.
Others arise unexpectedly, through listening.
Val’s Notebooks is where those questions are held before they are brought back to Marie.
Form
Entries appear irregularly.
There is no fixed rhythm.
Most entries take the form of short filmed reflections.
Others may remain written or fragmentary.
Val’s Notebooks will open gradually alongside the release of the series.
Selected entries may appear before the first episode.