Art Kit, Pre-Travel Check
My whole art kit for this trip, maybe 2 pounds across all of it. I am, by nature, a chronic over-packer. I have been the guy with two giant suitcases for two...
3 Self-Portraits (2023)
I drew these three self portraits as part of out patient treatment. sometimes in the afternoon we’d listen to each other go through a creative response...
Last Night Today #2
I’ve been neck deep in the design process for my regalia. I leave in 3 days and I know I cant get all the stitching done by then. But there will be many...
Design Wall: Heart Mountain Regalia
During the process of producing a piece I’ll usually collect a large number of photos. They collectively serve as both inspiration and reference. Whenever I...
Perfume: Barbie into Ken
I wrote the original core of this essay as a gift for I. almost exactly 3 years ago, on or about the 26th of March 2023. That was when twitter was truly...
Arrivals and Departures #1
My home is a bit of a midden. Things arrive here in many ways—through my own efforts, my fathers gift giving, things inherited from my grandmother and her...
Journey to the Spirit World, 1983
Today is a day for rest and a day for grief. Most of my energy is going to a celebration of life for my grandmother’s best friend later this evening. I’m...
Cloud Spotting #1
About a year ago Grandfather D. told me he liked pictures of clouds and he’d like me sending them to him. I already liked looking at clouds, but this gave me...
Donnie and The Playground
Yesterday was scattered, more conversation than prolonged work period. Here are two threads that stuck with me. Donnie #1 On the way to the train, I stopped...
Last Night Today #1
I usually do my best and most focused work after the sun goes down. When the pressures of the world are farthest away. This is what I got up to last night...