Is There Anybody Out There???
(Present Day 2024) Why am I even writing all this? Good question. My primary reason for writing this is to help others on their journey in this life. The intention is to…
Field notes
Journal
A collection of my very personal essays on healing, transformation, and seeing and being seen. I began writing these as something of a catharsis in the spring and summer of 2020, during the height of COVID. I keep them here with the intention that somebody might find solace or healing by reading them.
Break on Through to the Other Side
(Present Day) I originally began writing this blog / journal in an effort to tell the story of my transformation from mental and physical pain to living happily, powerfully and in good…
The Body Really Does Keep the Score
Late 2019 was reasonably busy in the world of photography. I covered two interesting events for Fellowship Chicago, a client that Steve and I worked with in the past. The founder, Rev.…
Pissed Off. Literally.
There are many paths to achieving Flow. Catheters are among the least pleasant. Shortly after the session with the past life / Akashic Record / soul agreement session I decided to experience…
Aya Yi Yi…
Frustration is met with some progress. Why wasn’t I “fixed” yet?? Welcome back! A quick recap is in order. 2019 was a pivotal year. As of April 2019, I’d been experiencing chronic…
The Purge Continues…
[To recap, it’s April 2019 and I am in Vilcabamba, Ecuador on a 12 day, seven journey retreat with Ayahuasca and San Pedro (mescaline).] After a pretty wild night with my first…
Grandmother Gets Involved
It’s February 2019. My frozen shoulder was far better; the pain was gone and only some restriction in range of motion remained. We had just shot a multi day job in Dana…
Meeting Molly
I was poking around my old journals and came upon this “verse” I wrote sometime in 2018, along with a couple notes. I’m including it to provide some context for how I…
Commence Deconstruction
In January of 2018, I returned to the Vipassana meditation center to serve for a three day course. This involved preparing food and cleaning up daily. We also meditated during each of…
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Pain in the Pee Pee
Apologies in advance for the length of this post. It’s taken me awhile to regurgitate all this info. And I’ve blocked some things and left others out. Additionally, rather than a multi-installment…
Ten Days of Silence
This post is going to backtrack just slightly. The Vipassana retreat I attended in 2016 was given short shrift in the prior post. I'm not sure when this modality first crossed my…