On Sunday evenings when I was a little boy, my mom would do her craft work in the kitchen. She would hot-glue dead and dried flowers to other dead and dried flowers, and attaching them to wicker wreaths sometimes using different colored lace in the process.
Every so often she would call me into the kitchen and ask for my opinion on certain pieces. I would quickly run in and say, “It looks good Mom!” just so I could run back to the living room as fast as I can, trying to miss as little of MacGyver as possible.
Those “craft” pieces that she made me critique every Sunday were just enough to spark my creative outlet. And because of that, I am where I am today.
Thanks Mom!
Every spring and summer on Saturday mornings at 9am, my dad would start the lawn mower and begin cutting the grass. I would hear this and suddenly jump out of bed, throw my yard clothes on and head outside. He would yell over the sound of the engine to me to mow a certain pattern that week, so the grass tips get a fresh cut on their blades. I tried my hardest to beat my record time from the previous week, which was usually 45 minutes.
My dad taught me to put 100% into whatever job I started, to be very punctual, and to drive like everyone else on the road is out to kill you. And because of his effort to teach me professionalism and hard work, I am where I am today.
Thanks Dad!
Thanks to the rest of my family and friends who supported, helped, and kicked my ass while I was in school. My ass still hurts, but at least I know it was all out of love. Thanks Everyone!
Some of my other interests
Home Brewing
Screen Printing
Shredding the streets on this!
Re-appropriating found objects
(Giving things a second life)
Thrift Stores
(I love the way they smell!)
Satirical / Witty Comedy
Documentary Films
NPR / PBS
Philosophy / Ethics
Religion / Atheism
Pop-culture / Anthropology
(Think McLuhan!)
Russian History
Kittens / Cats / Laser Cats
Flashlights... I Like Flashlights!
Cooking / Eating Tofu
Making Homemade Salsa
Tossing the ol’ Baseball
Tossing the ol’ Football
Tossing the ol’ Frisbee
Disc Golf
Jogging
People / Events / Miscellaneous things
that have shaped me throughout the years
My Moms Hot Glue Gun
My Africa, January 23rd, 2001
Lawn Mower Thoughts
Don’t Let Your Meat Loaf
(An old 'sketch comedy' movie
I made with a friend.)
The Kids in the Hall / The State
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Summer of 2003, "Summer of Fun"
Fat Music for Fat People, Volume 1
Jiddu Krishnamurti
www.howboutthis.com
The Power of Ice Cream at 10pm
Ralph Gutierrez, My Grandfather
This is not a Pipe, René Magritte
"... like a microwave."
J Church, Drama of Alienation
Parking Lot #804
Thursday Zeppelin Nights
MTIV, Making the Invisible Visible
NOFX, The Longest Line
55 straight days of Taco Bell
AFO Column Project 2005
VCU Graphic Design Department
1st Gear Check
Row 1: Phone, Sketch Book & Pen, Wallet, Business Cards
Row 2: Cash (If Applicable), Chap Stick, Keys
Row 3: Copper / Metal Bracelets, Black Beanie or Padres Hat
Summer
Winter