artist. explorer. encourager. cook. curious fellow time traveler. religious faith filled unbeliever.

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My soul loves a good surprise. My life is a journey of my love. After college I abandoned illustration to wash dishes at a 5 star restaurant. (I was a poor salesman with a very refined palate) I made zines and hosted events to cure midwestern boredom. I fell in love. It didn't work out. I screamed in a metal band. Hiked across America. I shared paintings and photography to poetically share my transformations and journeys. I biked across the Himalayas and my heart broke for the worlds lack of vision and creativity in the margins. I now live in the middle of America where the concrete weeds are overgrown and still spreading. In the cracks there is new life and unexpected community. The greatest surprise so far was to find sustainability near desolation and creativity in emptiness. I can’t wait for a better world to crash into this one so I’m attempting to make the most of what is most proximate.

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dreaming of earth. the mark of the lion spray painted on the ground digging the mounds, sculpting the faces of collective memory and posibility.

self abuse for livlihoods sake. selling my soul in hope of meeting expectations…  i dont believe the prosperity gospel. how do we steward and not prostitute our gifts… to behold and appreciate beauty without selling, raping, or destroying her…

i stared at the piled full plate of stubbs bbq listening to the black gospel band singin…”i just keep runnin to Jesus, im still runnin” thinking to myself how the month before i couldnt even pay for my morning coffee… just last week even…

there are two tracks on this roller coaster… having and being without. then all the while we’re trying to learn how to share. to give. to recieve. oh yeah, you gotta watch out for cars that have decided to go the wrong way.

what to be? what to do?

to heal. to nurture. to behold. 

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