an artist statement

He is loyal, and careful, and I want to be joined to him with a depth of spirit that no one in the world can understand

But we are busy living separate lives

The seasons when I have regularly shared with others (shared movies, dorm rooms, apartments, ideas, projects, dreams, holidays, vacations, bliss, or ignorance, etc.) were the best seasons. Theirs are the best stories to tell.

Yet, the most difficult thing for us to do is to include each other,

because I am capable. I am a Swiss army boy. Crafted to adapt and survive on my own: to see and/or be.

I say, “I can’t find a place where I feel good and want to stay,” because I am alone here as much as I was alone there.

I don’t want to call anything “mine”, because what I am doing, saying, drawing or recording is for the benefit of others. If I burrow away in a private studio, or library, or empty church, this is only to recall the things that I have found in people around me, their actions and reactions.

I believe in self-denial, only if, in doing so, another might live.

Books read about life, faith, and co-existing. Worlds I have not seen and the prospect of seeing them and sharing those experiences. My inner life, thoughts, reflections, and what is daily added to me by others and self. Seeing others solve the problem or answer the question or ask the question for themselves.

enjoying their moment

words, ideas, and people exhaust me, but hands free and renew.

I want to slow down enough to be included. But my tendency is motion at all times. I detest red lights, indecisive lottery ticket players, and brand-hopping cigarette purchasers.

Maybe there is more money in the public discussion, but more satisfaction in the private venture. We are very busy people trying to save the planet, save ourselves, love our neighbor and keep up with celebrity romances. Is anything treated appropriately?

I picked one thing to be wholly into, I will try to be a good friend, a good brother, and a good man. These good measures do not come in solitude or separation, and they do not come in a hurry.

If I can give myself to practicing any of these rules and commitments, I will feel honest, and work to include others in this odd kind of freedom.