Punk Rock Dad
Parenting is a mixed bag, but taking my son to Bad Religion and Dwarves for his first concert experience was a great father-son-anarchist moment. I…
How I spent over $ 100,000 treating the wrong mental health diagnosis
A Cautionary Tale I lived with the wrong mental health diagnosis for 13 years and spent just shy of $140,000 treating it. This was a…
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No One is Coming to Help
For people who live with mental illness and do not have access to significant financial resources or are uninsured or underinsured there is a hard…
“Fine, I’ll just do it myself.”
I grew up in a broken home with an violent alcoholic parent, so developed most of the traits commonly associated with childhood trauma, including hyper-responsibility,…
Chaos Leviathan Illustration
Colored pencil, ink, Photoshop finish. My clinical diagnoses is a mix of anxiety, depression, and PTSD. This is unpleasant stew that comes with a lot…
Pride Dinosaur Watercolor
Diversity & inclusion brand/program concept design. I used watercolor on a piece of 140# cold-press paper, sketched the dinosaur outline, then cut it out with…
L.A. Requiem Movie Poster
Robert Crais is one of the best mystery writers in the business. Period. His Elvis Cole/Joe Pike books are sleep-stealing page-turners set in a Los…
Conference Promo Spot
This is a promotional marketing video I created for a developers conference. I had fun using one of the most attention-grabbing guitar riffs ever recorded,…
“I don’t want to sell my life for money…”
Dear Aiden, In "Black Oaks," Mary Oliver captures what it's like to feel the tension between being a productive adult and the need to disconnect…
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The Dark Wood: Part 1
Dear Aiden, There will be many significant transitions in your life, so I offer some experiences, reflections, and ideas that I hope will be helpful…
Mental Health Month 2021
I made this bookmark for #mentalhealthmonth2021. Mary Oliver is one of my favorite poets, and while "The Swimming Lesson" can be interpreted in different ways, I…
Otters, puns, and apologies
I woke up cranky one morning last week and was unkind to my wife, so I made this card for her. I also love otters…
How to Form an LLC in Washington State
A friend wanted some help setting up an LLC for her interior design business so in the grand tradition of one of my how-to heroes,…
The Churn and the Power of Play
As we continue to struggle with the pandemic and national divisions that seem too deep to reconcile, our work groups, teams, families, and friends are…
Worthy
This is a poster I created for my son as a Christmas gift. 2020 was a year where, at least in the public sphere, kind…
Extravehicular Activity
Life outside the airlock...
