I was assigned a boomer-at-birth in the 1980s. Raised by the television & nationalism disguised as culture in Americana. Restricted by modern constraints & freed by my own development of my inner world.
My first passion was writing. In 7th grade I started using the tools available to me to write in poetry then prose then the police came & shut me down. (I am NOT making this up, lol) I still struggle to overcome this but that is partially why I have my own website again, to give me the freedom to write and share again.
I switched to photography in high school & beyond. Every photo on this site I have taken. I have thousands of photos, hundreds I enjoy daily, dozens on my walls of my proof of Being on this planet. The places I’ve rushed to, to bury my inadequate abitliy to participate with more mundane things like family, kids, & a career.
My latest interest is graphic design. Another hobby I had for a while, making images from nothing but data points in the software. I used to make fractals using an old free software program. Now I am experimenting with different ideas, styles, and software to create my vision; though it has been more difficult than expected, it has been very fruitful. My homo sapien& sapien& design is one of m favorite things I’ve ever made to date. With practice, I know I will get better. My desire is to master the techniques to make it easy to display my wordplay into glyphs, slowly breaking the spells on our species one syllable at a time.
I have things for you to read, and things for you to look at. I also make videos on my youtube & tiktok account but I may step back from that soon. Social media isn’t very fruitful for the type of audience I want.
If you want my artistic resume:
Writer Since 1999
Photographer since 2004
Graphic Designer 2005-2009 & restarted in 2025
& maybe one day, I will do something differently different, but for now. This is my skill set. Taking a picture & writing 1000 words about what it made me think about. <3
If you like any of my stuff & want to discuss a project with me, feel free to email me. I do have a “normal” job but I am open to contract based work for my art. I am not looking to mass produce anything at the moment, I want to really focus on making the art that aligns with the resonance in my soul which is not easily compressable into the confines of consumerism.
I am a nüroDEFIANT homo sapi&sapi& creating my world one mark at a time.
feel free to email me if you wanna get in contact with me at ampersand at joytobewild .com