In these amazing summer days in Seattle, I will occasionally pop down to Matthews Beach and jump in the lake. Particularly after a stressful day.… Read More »creative experiments – Allegory of a High Dive
I am recently back from two weeks in the UK. My wife Heather and I flew into London, took the train to Glasgow to meet… Read More »UK 2025 – walking the West Highland Way
I’m leaving in a few days for an epic long walk – the West Highland Way in Scotland. Five days, 96 miles of pilgrimage walking,… Read More »062025 – the ordinary is never ordinary.
“There are no sacred and unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.” This is a well-worn quote from Wendell Berry, and I… Read More »A Visit to Niagara Falls (and a poem)
A fun day-long dialogue around a day backpacking in the Grand Canyon.
I had a lovely conversation on art as spiritual practice with Christine and Chris, who run a podcast called The Contemplative Life. We discussed the… Read More »Podcast – A conversation on art as spiritual practice
Something I wrote one evening while backpacking in the Sierras last summer: A field of sheer granite with rivulets, falling into the King’s Canyon itself… Read More »New Painting: Darwin Basin, Sierras
“It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it’s still here.“ I… Read More »New Drawing, Encroachment (and an encouragement from Edward Abbey)
In 2019 I began making drawings with crumpled paper. Taking a clean sheet of paper, I’d crumple the thing up in my hands, then smooth… Read More »Embracing the Gifts of Darkness
Finished this little oil painting over the holiday. Inspired by backpacking in Lake Chelan, the joy and adventure of actual nightswimming, REM’s Nightswimming, and the… Read More »Nightswimming