Floating through grief

My partner bravely shares how she's learned to handle the grief of losing her mother two and a half decades ago.

Reflecting on 10 years at NationBuilder

The NationBuilder 2019 Year in Review is out, and I reflect on a couple memorable moments in my journey as a co-founder.

January 23 Design

Holding space for yourself

The modern world has trained us to binge eat other peoples ideas. Yet to dive deep into generative creative work, we must set aside real space for ourselves.

January 15 Mindfulness

Dismantling Devotion featured in gorgeous new film

I'm honored to have our song Dismantling Devotion featured in an absolutely stunning new snowboarding film called Dark Matter, featuring Travis Rice and directed by Curtis Morgan.

January 03 Music

Performing with Daylight Dies after eight years of silence

Hopefully less than 8 years will pass by the time you hear from us again.

December 21 Music

12 days to 2020

I was born in the late 70s, and throughout my life the year 2020 has been used in stories and conversation as when we will have arrived in "the future."

Nicole Sabouné emerges once again, For Us

I first heard the Swedish artist Nicole Sabouné in 2017 upon recommendation from a friend with reliable taste.

December 11 Music

Relics from the BBS ANSi age

In the early 1990s I spent many nights obsessing over my BBS and creating ANSI art to promote it.

November 21 Design

The work that awe requires

Aesthetic beauty is as much about how and whether you look, as what you see. From the quark to the supernova, the wonders do not cease. It is our attentiveness that is in short supply. Our ability and willingness to do the work that awe requires.

November 02 Mindfulness

Wild Geese by Mary Oliver

You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.

Obsidian

by Paradise Lost

August 04 Listening

The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company

by William Dalrymple

July 15 Reading