Traditional self-promotion (especially social media) requires us to plan, produce and perform in isolation. But hosting? That’s different. Hosting is relational.

Hosting says: Here’s my home, my voice. The doors are open if you’d like to join me

If you’re a creative of any type (even those whose practice is separate from their income), I encourage you to do some digging and explore what your personal creative archetype might look like. What does your art do for you? For others? What do you do for it? If you’re like me, you may find that there’s more value there than you previously realized. 

feelings transposed to sound, unedited unplanned raw and messy as they are

As a member of the National Speleological Society, I decided to submit a writeup of Tapetum to their Arts & Letters publication, Illuminations. I included some photos I took inside Tawney’s Cave, one of myself with the lyrics to “Stalactites”, and a link to the track as-is (unfinished). Since I couldn’t physically attend the NSS convention, it was quite a surprise when I received an email letting me know I had won an award for it.