Circumnavigation without Sandwiches

It's evident to me that many musicians, especially composers, require a working theory or even a simple hypothesis of what music is in order to proceed with some measure of artistic or even personal integrity. I’m one of those musicians. More specifically however it depends on what musical activity I’m involved with. If the main concern is to explore sound, generally speaking, meaning the extraction or coaxing of sounds and their sonic particularities from various generators in order to investigate these and compose or perform using them, then I’ve found it essential to think and act in a certain manner, one that requires support. Over time therefore I’ve benefited from adopting a theoretical perspective, meaning an evolving process rather than a fixed standpoint.