He would love to put words like “hybrid” and “multi-hyphenate” to any professional statement about himself, but artificial intelligence reminded him these concepts sound “vague and slightly shopworn.”
He continues to be an editor who shoots and a creative consultant and a collaborator who helps fellow artists achieve their visions.
And recently he has embarked on new brick & mortar event and venue project for human-scale participation. Feel free to ask him about that when you talk to him.
A few bits for trivia night:
In 2008 he made a paean to the rigors of a surfing life that holds enduring relevance and from 2007 to 2019 he wrote the “trailblazing” New York-based surf blog, TheEndlessBummerNY.
He still experiments with writing on Substack and on his personal Instagram account.
And maintains a personal filmmaking habit from bits and ends.
During his brief stint in graduate school, the eminent photographer Stephen Shore gave him an F for missing one too many project reviews.
Periodically he tries to write an artist’s statement.
Here is a picture of him looking vaguely confused on the job:
Feel free to email him:
His favorite quote:
"Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. It is an orientation of the spirit and orientation of the heart; it transcends the world that is immediately experienced and is anchored somewhere beyond its horizons. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. The more unpropitious the situation in which we demonstrate hope, the deeper the hope is. Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out."
- Václav Havel, Letters to Olga