I create art/music to turn memory, grief, wonder, and myth into something living that helps others feel connected in this age of disparity.
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Line & watercolor are my favorite form because it lets me fuse prose, worldbuilding, symbolism, and visual storytelling into one immersive experience. With The Timeless Element, I’m building more than an illustrated novel. I’m building a living mythos, where language, cosmology, character design, music and illustration all work together to create a world people can enter, feel, and remember.
Where do you find inspiration?Inspiration comes from the ocean, ancient myth, theology, science, music, dreams, and the emotional weight of real life. I’m drawn to the tension between beauty and terror, love and loss, time and destiny. A lot of The Timeless Element is inspired by questions that won’t leave me alone: why we suffer, how we change, what survives death, and whether love can transcend time, ruin, and even the cosmos itself.
What would you do with $25,000?I would use the $25,000 to finish The Timeless Element as a fully realized illustrated novel: creating more original artwork, refining the manuscript, developing the layout, protecting the intellectual property, and building a polished launch campaign. As the artist, composer and author, this would help me bring the visual world, characters, and mythos to life at the level the story deserves.
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