Early Delving

An early delving into the realm of books, descriptive language, fantastic imagery, and magical musings, fostered a deep love for twirling curling calligraphics and poetic storytelling in my artistic practices. The terminology of the old, traditional, and textured informed my approach to narrating modern life. In articulating artist statements, text on visual history, and concepts beyond comprehension, I seek to creatively contrive a new world founded on the ideals that resonate with my soul and the values that bind me to my formative communities. In learning this light as a child, through various stories, songs, and artwork, I innately bond with certain elements that reflect that myth-like valor, and bring them to new heights through modern metaphor. 

Predilection to Play

My perspective on play is joyful exuberance. Play should be unplanned, unrestricted, uncompetitive, and undulating. Play is a place where new curiosities and original thought emerges without care for the result or aftermath. It’s self-expression. It’s physical expression. It’s emotional freedom. To play is to see the world from the top of the mighty mountain, take a deep breath, and jump off, knowing that all that all the reason and risks don’t exist there. 

Designing for play is a difficult task. One must create a safe, supportive, and stimulating space. With plenty of objects, toys, arts materials, nature, and room to run. Designing an office for play should allow for ergonomic expression of the human form in an environment built for it, not built for efficiency or cost. Designing for play is designing for life. Life should be novel and fun, and purpose and aesthetics should come second to playfulness in environments such as schools, daycares, nursing homes, corporate spaces, parks, sidewalks, and even restrooms. Enjoyment should come first, and all other design components fall in line. 

City to Cinder

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Music Credit: Sigur Rós, Inní mér syngur vitleysingur