Laugh, Think, Cry

Before therapy, there was friendship. This is a creative project about real life, real connection and the magic that takes place when we’re brave enough to tell the truth.

Brain Candy

One Brain, Two Brain, Red Brain, Blue Brain

Conductivity is on my mind. Electric houses, electric cars, okay, but electric bodies ⚡️ — there’s an interesting topic. 🧠 🍭 Earthing shoes are in my feeds, grounding sheets and breathwork seminars are in my mental shopping cart, and I’m on the lookout for any ground amenable to walking barefoot. I don’

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"Yes, And" – The Improv Approach to Harmonious Living

So, I'm trying this. It's an approach to life and happiness that's based on the improvisation game, "Yes, And." If you've never played it, it's an exercise where two people act out a scene without a script by

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Jack & Nancy Island

In 1967 my grandpa Jack set out to buy a lake property to build a getaway for his young family. He was a Lutheran Pastor, and along with my Grandma Nancy were in many respects THE community leaders of a town of 1000 people in rural Wisconsin. They wanted a

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A Road Trip Phone Call

Aubrey and I first reconnected, after about 5 years, on a phone call from me to her on the last day of January in 2024. I was mid-flight on a new creative project called “A Letter For” and had no branding or design work for it. A bolt of lightning

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Know Thyself

This phrase: “Know Thyself” — it’s always around in the background, sort of reduced, to a platitude, like, “the grass is always greener” or “seize the day” — but these concepts are not just a quick way to move on from a long conversation you don’t have time for. These

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So I’m Sitting in This Park

Eating cherries 🍒 In blush colored linen — Appropriate. My phone just overheated 📱 It is quite sunny. ☀️ Bells chime, People around, And I’m needing some feedback On the right stuff page. Should that be the name? Is that the “right” name? I feel like We should just Copy-paste The entire note

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Went to Muji Store in Times Square

Smells sooooo good when you walk in Perused around, clean nice aesthetic. Beautiful but inaccessible magical nature courtyard Just wanted to be inside by myself and immerse in this jungle of nature in the most unnatural place. Walking out and run into stamp station. So instantly inspiring. Cool shapes and

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The Recipe for Small Swells

To the ends of the Earth will you follow me There’s a world that was meant for us to see Lord Huron Radio FM 89.5 70 degrees before 9am 👆 Latitude factor And the recipe for getting caught up, Swept up By the energy Of creativity Of life Of

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The Color Palette II

So I’m really liking these colors. Cadmium Red, Ice Blue, Emerald Green and Cashmere yellow as the primary palette, then Pale Cherry Pink, Pale Blue Gray and Black as secondary. I feel like there are multiple combinations of three or four that look great together so that gives us