i spend most of my time in deep thought.

and when i'm not thinking i'm creating in one way or another, though the two are not mutually exclusive. and then there's time spent running around trying to make ends meet (i spend a lot of time thinking deeply about this) my life is pretty good - pretty great actually. if i'm not working on a song, i'm listening to music or trying to bring color to life on paper or building this website, all good things.

when i think of my paintings and drawings alec baldwin narrating the movie the royal tenenbaums comes to mind. as the camera pans across an entire wall of richie tenenbaum's artwork - each painting featuring richie's sister, margot - alec says something like "he failed to develop as a painter." i have a sister who is not my only subject, but i do have an obsession with imaginary flowers that makes me feel like i've failed to develop as an artist. we are all our own worst critics, right? i took 2 years of art class in high school (three if you count art workshop) and i've always doodled and drawn. it has only been in the last few years that i've spent time trying to be a better artist. it's awesome, though, to be able to make just about whatever i can imagine.

i'm a self-taught guitarist and songwriter. i hit a wave back in '05 when songs started to pour out of me. my guitar abilities are limited - i'm in my fourth year playing part time but it's been a great outlet. years ago a dream of mine included me walking into a bar and playing a few songs on the guitar. i'm in the habit of writing out my dreams and it was curious at the time since i knew i didn't have a clue about how to play the instrument. so literally, dreams do come true...it's cool to have been able to learn some things that seemed out of reach in the recent past. and i suggest to anyone who is thinking about picking up an instrument later in life - do it!

i took a class last spring and this site is the result. it has been a labor of despair, truly one of the most difficult combination of learning experiences i've ever had to wrap my mind around. building the site in dreamweaver has only been a fraction of the battle. every single "asset" on this site has been recorded, scanned, optimized, installed, merged, edited, resized, etc., etc., by me. all things considered this site has been years in the making, but ahhh, i made it!