Over the course of the 20th Century, cheap fuel and mass production created an economic boom in our country resulting in better quality of life for many, technological innovation, and more widespread education. But I think we lost something as well: a basic engagement with our lives, our buildings, our things, each other, our days. I think there is a pervasive disenchantment in late capitalist America. I want to use that word very specifically; we are not often enchanted, made awestruck, happily stunned, in our day-to-day lives.
I think that one of the most rewarding aspects of travel, is returning home to look upon the familiar with new eyes. I’d like my art to do that as well. Whether it is music, or poetry, or photography, (or dinner!), I think whenever I am creating is it with this intention: to re-enchant our relationship with the mundane; to help coax the sublime through the cracks of the everyday; to see (and help reveal) the light and color in this old gray world.