One year ago…

Tamaishi was printed and in my hands. I remember how impossible it felt, that I might never finish. But as with Zōsan, I eventually figured out how to gradually chip away at it and it was done. That’s how Where All The Little Things Live feels now. So far away, but I know sooner than … Continue reading One year ago…

The Long Game

Today I saw a post from a writer friend: I realized that a lot of my friends are these types of writers. The ones in it for life. The ones writing constantly of course, and maybe they turn some things out quickly, but they have that thing they’re working on that they’ve been nursing for … Continue reading The Long Game

Go Blue

A long long time ago, six year old boy sat down at the piano, and played some music. All his own. That same boy liked to draw, too. Now quite some time ago I graduated from the University of Michigan School of Music, Theater and Dance and the School of Art & Design, with two … Continue reading Go Blue

Remember

The hallways of the school had that bouquet of old varnished wood and the lingering scent of school lunches. If I closed my eyes, I could picture my own elementary school, closed now ten years ago. The ceilings were tall, unlike at my old school, where it felt like I had somehow tripled in size. … Continue reading Remember