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.

the least that i can do

listening to the toes ive stepped on makes me want to stop dancing.

critiqued by my lonely road.

the direction of the current should not be the sole judge of destination…

and fighting the current should not be the sole reason for choosing a direction.

the love of mountains shows its greatest contrast in deep valleys.

against my “better” judgement, its in the desert where there is rest.

a cosmic clock of inspiration pours itself out when we have time and have made space.

loosing sight of surroundings we give way to visions cast in the dance that our hearts have already chosen.

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