
I am many things in this life, wear many hats, but overall I am a story teller and an artist, and all my experiences have been in service of altruism and equality for all. My goal is to take those base materials from life and transform, transmutate and transubstantiate them into something different, improved, and ultimately true to their core nature. All of life is ultimately intertwined and where we understand that success comes from focus on a singular task we also understand that no task is inherently singular by nature.
We honor the tried and true ways. We also dream of a new tomorrow, and will participate in making a healthy future.
When I began telling stories I did so from the events of my own life. I mostly did so to shock others. It was entertaining to watch peoples faces change and warp with disbelief. A life simply couldn’t be that strange, that fantastic. I ran away and joined the circus. I grew up with hollower monkies in the jungle. I trained for Olympic Archery. I broke both my ankles. I witnessed injustices in many countries, too young to do anything about them.
Many weren’t good stories; they weren’t meant to be. They were intended to shock or entertain. It hadn’t dawned on me that stories could be used to effect change.
I discovered that a story can be used as a tool to teach. Here’s what to do in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Here’s how to survive in the salt flats in Utah if your car breaks down. Here’s the international history of Absinthe. Here’s how electricity works, relative to modern day welding. The more I helped others through stories, the more I researched about the world. I learned that even in a time of stories, of the internet, that many stories of real trouble, real problems, were still not being told. More over, if they were being told, it was for shock value or sensationalism. Stories of value and worth, which inspire and teach, were not being treated in digestible way.
If life is about finding that balance between what you are good at, what you like doing, and what you can make a living on, then story-telling is my life. It is worth-wild to me that humanity is built on stories, remembers on stories and grows on stories. This site is a portfolio of my antics. It serves as a collection of my skills and evidence of my experiences, and the experiences of others. I hope to give voices to the unseen. I hope to help others remember what others try so hard to bury and forget.