I create as an act of translation between spirit and matter, shaping visual experiences.
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I’m drawn to creating work that makes someone pause, lean in, and start asking their own questions. My work becomes less about what I’m saying and more about what it activates in the viewer.
Where do you find inspiration?“Inspiration” isn’t something I wait for it’s constant, and it’s everywhere. I’m pulled by the tension in the external world: the contrast between beauty and brutality, refinement and decay, stillness and chaos. I cultivate a rich inner life one that’s spiritual, reflective, and disciplined. That internal landscape isn’t passive; it’s something I actively build and return to. It sharpens how I see, what I notice, and my most compelling ideas tend to emerge where those two worlds meet.
What would you do with $25,000?I’d use the $25,000 as seed capital to pilot an artist/meditation residency in nature. The aim is simple: give artists the time, space, and environment to do meaningful work and deepen or develop a meditation practice without distraction. The goal is to create a space that genuinely supports artists. If it works, this becomes something to refine and expand into a recurring, sustainable program.
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