5:58 AM, just outside Santa Fe. Officially, there is a chill. I woke at 4:30 AM and knew I would not be returning to sleep. Through the partially opened window, I could see the stars, commuter flights flashing their reds …
Creative: Destination Print, Post Three
I think the term “visual storytelling” is overused, but who am I kidding? I’m still using phrases from the 1980s, by far the best decade to grow up in, and yes, I still have a Miami Vice-inspired pastel suit. Having …
Adventure: Readiness
When I was young, my mom and I were sitting up in the mountains behind our house in Wyoming. The house sat at 8,000 feet, with mountains behind and rolling grasslands stretching for a hundred miles out front. She and …
Creative: Prints for Nepal
Hello, reader. Just got off a call with Raw Society, who, as many of you know, have done quite a lot of work in Nepal. Don’t know about you, but the footage of the glacial flood was some of the …
CREATIVE: The Art of Mixing (or not mixing) Palette
Keep your pants on. That’s a scan of a recent art piece on the right. Don’t want anyone getting too overtly jealous of me. I couldn’t live with myself knowing I’d reached the pinnacle of my artistic powers, and that …
Creative: Workshop Santa Fe, In-Person
It’s finally happening: a domestic workshop. Santa Fe, March of 2027. Journals, Zines and Photobooks: From Capture to Print is alive. Don’t you worry, foreigners; I’ve got plenty headed your way too. Albania, Patagonia, Brazil, France, and maybe a few …
Creative: Destination Print, Post Two
I love finding story ideas. I believe finding stories is a skill that requires practice and focus, just like anything else. Because I’ve had a website for twenty-four years, a YouTube channel, and a Discord server, I routinely get asked …
CREATIVE: The Dark Side
If I were going to witness the eclipse, I needed to leave the party. There was talk of Spam, twisting grids for contemporary ink paintings, and the crash and retrieval of an extraterrestrial craft just outside Roswell, New Mexico, in …
Creative: No Question
I’m not in mourning, don’t have any questions about my identity, and I’m not suffering. I don’t have mom issues or dad issues, and not because they are no longer with us; I just never had those issues because I …
Creative: Conquerors of the Useless
Yes, I stole this title from Yvon Chouinard, the founder of Patagonia. If you haven’t seen 180 Degrees South, you should. It’s fun. I know the main character, not well, but we’ve done a project together, and I’ve ventured to …