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  • Later Never Comes

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    If there is one thing I’ve learned, it’s that we give ourselves the comfort we need but like anything, too much of that will drown you. I’ve lived in the same place for about three years now, I moved back in with my Grandmother at my childhood home to pay off some bills and to…

  • The way we was

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    Thank you for tuning in to my very public self journal. This is a very long and ramblish entry but one about the sense of self I’m experiencing at the moment. Sometimes I do miss being able to stay up late and play video games, drink a six pack, and wake up with five hours…

  • Moving Feels Like Sinking

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    Finality is a choice observation. The end of an era. The next new thing. At what point do we stick? When is the next thing the last? I don’t know if there is an answer to it that will ever fully satisfy. But I do know, that when you have to finish the journey alone…

  • Positive Momentum Grows

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    I spend a lot of time considering what to do next. If it’s in the morning while I’m working out, I’m thinking about what painting I want to work on and how I want to make it happen. There is a growing freedom, however, in the ways that I find myself working. It’s been a…

  • “You die the way you live.”

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    I think it is amazing, how we connect our childhood lives to our adult lives. I’ve been listening to Steve Burn’s podcast, you know, the Blue’s Clues guy? And he has a lot of guidance still. I think it’s funny that in a way the man who taught me my shapes is teaching me about…

  • Labor/Art

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    I always find it fun to equate parts of life to equations. It is not a meaningful exercise until it gets to the point of thoughtful interaction and abstract connection of ideas. There is a very common theme I noticed, in Grad School, in which artist from the rust belt, we all want to talk…

  • Things I like about small town living

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    It’s quiet, it’s slow, it’s always very personal. As I have never been one to seek attention or want to be shouted at as I enter a room, it suits me well in a lot of ways. That said, there is little opportunity here. The advent of the internet is surely a great help in…

  • Keeping Tradition Alive

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    There is always a struggle with adapting technology to fit one’s own work flow and when to adapt and when to move on. As a drafts-person, there is nothing that feels like pen to paper. It’s nostalgic, yes, but it is also tactile and employs more than just memory. I know how the ink will…