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.

no ledge

why is it assumed that when yin and yang mix it isnt colorful

the search for right balance generally creates a grey blob

relational gestalts reveal our flaws through others that hold those traits as strengths

the optical illusion is that i am the center and need to be fulfilled

provision speaks to needs holistically where i demand specifically

reality turns out to be difficult

especially where mystery and faith are looming bothersomely overhead

beauty becons and truth stands

dynamically fortunate to hear the voice at all

mesmerized by toil and scared senseless by responsibility

i am here

present.

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