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Fell in love with best friend. Married her. Went corporate. Got a raise. Keeping the various plates spinning. Keeping my eye on big goal - in the distance; but also the real goal, in this instant. https://www.instagram.com/p/B1uva9KBgQ6/?igshid=13y7qeg92tqlv

. . . . . . #ink #drawing #sketchbook #art #coffee #music #guitar #comicart #inkdrawing #selfportrait #pen #brush #tattoo #tattoodesign #illustration #comics #design #artist #musician #ipad #poem #sketch #applepencil #ipadpro #ipadart #paulpope #rafaelgrampa #fineart #bjj #flamethrower https://www.instagram.com/p/B1SrPJXnq4z/?igshid=19ht1ln4x8aby

klank klank Cough! Guh Roo? . . . . . #ink #drawing #sketchbook #art #coffee #music #guitar #comicart #inkdrawing #selfportrait #pen #brush #tattoo #tattoodesign #illustration #comics #design #artist #musician #poetry #poem #sketch #draw #moleskin #espresso #paulpope #rafaelgrampa #fineart #bjj #flamethrower https://www.instagram.com/p/B1SHcYAn1My/?igshid=1tbtfy3h1anlw

NINJA MODE!!!!!! . . . . . #ink #drawing #sketchbook #art #coffee #music #guitar #goddess #wife #selfportrait #pen #brush #tattoo #tattoodesign #illustration #comics #design #artist #musician #poetry #poem #sketch #draw #moleskin #espresso #mma #fineart #bjj https://www.instagram.com/p/B1R7AcCHcAH/?igshid=p879t3fkj1tz

House planning. . . . . . #ink #drawing #sketchbook #art #coffee #music #guitar #goddess #wife #selfportrait #pen #brush #tattoo #tattoodesign #illustration #comics #design #artist #musician #poetry #poem #sketch #draw #moleskin #espresso #acoustic #fineart #bjj https://www.instagram.com/p/B1R49pHHD3l/?igshid=1jbgw6v1ccbr

So often Life feels So fast. All these moments Slipping past. But on occasion Time will gently pause. Where the distance between each instant Is infinitely vast. What had been fleeting Now seems to last. As I’m reminded Perhaps time is Not constrained by laws, Yet stops for me When i draw. 08.17.19 . . . . . #ink #drawing #sketchbook #art #coffee #music #guitar #goddess #wife #selfportrait #pen #brush #tattoo #tattoodesign #illustration #comics #design #artist #musician #poetry #poem #sketch #draw #moleskin #espresso #acoustic #fineart #bjj https://www.instagram.com/p/B1R0AZqHvH9/?igshid=1i1iruszq7t50

i met an uber driver today, a refugee from Somalia; he told me about how in the camps he had to live, 1 in 3 people would die from sickness like Cholera. at his full time job, people complain about mundane inconveniences, like a broken coffee machine. he was joking and laughed a lot, his perspective and outlook was such a gift. as our quality of life continues to improve, i hope we have the wisdom to see our problems in context, and the intelligence to laugh deeply and often.

learning to build canvas. frustrating, but also fun. Part of the art of living seems to be finding the fun in frustration, & seeing failures as steps to successes. cutting wood feels very primal, it reminds of my Dad, who designed & built many epic custom houses. I imagine in ancient times I would enjoy being a boat builder. Despite all the rape and disease etc. I want to build a huge standing desk for my digital work zone, so this canvas building is a great mini version of that future project. Anyway, cheers

Storyboarding for a documentary about soft hands and obscure socks.

mushy blobs of light

I tend to move explosively, so benefit from slowing down; the fight or flight mechanism in my brain releases the ‘approaching tiger’ adrenaline juices, my heart starts beating so fast, my mind vibrates and everything is so saturated the world become this droning roar of exponential excitement- like a mountain sized wave rising, eclipsing the horizon, catching me off guard, a deer in headlights as the evil avalanche of another wasted day races toward me; the weight of the world and all these fucking emails. But I stop, and exhale the chaos, inhale the calm; I’m focused now, and even though this world is a storm, I find it’s eye, and move with it, each step measured in relation to the surrounding hurricane of lost time; I’m present, grateful, on my way.

nearly 30; still lost, but closer than ever.

practicing yoga, practicing painting, practicing happiness.

gooey doodle