Journal Entries

"The most beautiful and most profound experience is the sensation of the mystical. It is the sower of all true science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty which our dull faculties can comprehend only in their primitive forms - this knowledge, this feeling is at the center of true religiousness." - Albert Einstein

"The Earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the Earth.All things are connected, like the blood that unites us all.Man did not weave the web of life, he is a strand in it; whatever he does to the web, he does to himself."- Chief Seattle ... Modernities commodification of nature stands in such sharp contrast to native peoples vision of a living, breathing earth.

"Art does not lie down on the bed that is made for it; it runs away as soon as one says its name; it loves to be incognito. Its best moments are when it forgets what it is called." "Art addresses itself to the mind, and not to the eyes. It has always been considered in this way by primitive peoples, and they are right. Art is a language, instrument of knowledge, instrument of communication..." Quotes from the french artist Jean Dubuffet

I want to put a spotlight on the natural world, and to amplify the space it takes within the viewer's mind; to remind people that we share this planet with other species, fellow creatures that we evolved along side of; to share the remaining wild places, in hopes that they are protected instead of forgotten and lost.  

We humans tend to under-estimate the intelligence of other species, or at least the level of their awareness. They may lack a common language and the ability for complex thought to put exactly what they are feeling into words, but they are sentient.  Many of these creatures are capable of feeling the same emotions as we do, since we inherited an early form of our limbic and nervous systems from a common ancestor. These creatures have been shaped by time and nature, evolving along side of us, and posse...

Throughout each of our lives we each come to our own conclusion about the nature of our existence.  Some people accept the cultural narrative, which in the West tends to take the form of Christianity.  For many there's too much conflict between the Bible's archaic tales and what science and/or their direct experience tells them of world, and so they reject the teachings of the Church.  With a literal interpreation of the bible disproven by science, many unfortunately end up at the opposite e...

Growing up, I was a different kind of kid, more eccentric than most. I was always into more artistic endeavors than most. I played the guitar. I did graphic design. Eventually I started getting pretty deep into photography. In some kind of way, others recognized this and it reinforced this notion of who I was. I thought those talents made me special, and that I should share them with the world. I used to think of myself as "creative". That is, until I moved to Portland, Oregon. I moved here for the ...