Miscellanea is prose on earnest living and making art — a home for questions, critique, and curiosities.

A few years back, I found myself with lots of time and little to say — with an itching intuition that the challenges I faced would best be approached as opportunities for expression.

The nature of life is transformative, and all of our varying interests and creative works inform our experience of growth and change. Miscellanea is where I attempt to distill these interactions, hoping that we can all share in the findings.

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