Sunday 10/26/25

October 26, 2025

On Sundays I reflect.

I didn’t drink alcohol this week. Right now my sobriety is the most important thing in my life. Everything else would be impossible without it.

I got my snowboards out of storage and we got some snow. Keystone and A Basin are open. I’ll be able to get some laps in when I return from this next trip if not before.

Things feel like they are moving one million miles per hour. This week we released the first round of work created during Jen Stark’s residency at the studio and we are more than half sold out.

Our work with Jen is only getting started. This week I’ll be visiting her studio in LA with Ian for a project I can’t wait to share with you in next week’s reflection. It’s also looking like we’ll be singing karaoke, Jen’s favorite hobby.

Today, Ubatuba is coming back up to finish installing his stars in the gallery and we’ll get a collaboration in. It’s an honor to be showing this kind of work, and exciting to see the gallery evolve.

In the background, I’ve been working on developing this new arts residency program. I’ve received a level of support in this that I can’t even wrap my head around, and I know that this is what I’ve been working towards for the last decade. My friends, partners, and clients have made themselves available for me to consult about the next steps. I’m confident in the direction we’re going and I can’t wait to see what we can accomplish.

After a few years of really struggling, I’m starting to feel more like myself. This art gives me life.

A lot of my existence has revolved around identifying as an artist, which I am. Ultimately, my art is secondary to my role as a curator and I’m getting more comfortable accepting this identity. Maybe my role in bringing people together, from artists to collectors and more is my true art. It’s intangible and not something you can purchase from me, though there are objects created through this role that represent other artist’s visions and my work along with them. I’ve often felt pressure to have tangible physical products to release as my own art. These days it’s easier for me to accept what my real skills are and how I contribute to the creation of art even if it isn’t “mine”.

As things here continue to develop, I want to once again express my gratitude to everyone who has believed in my vision and supported me along the way. I wouldn’t be here without you, and I’m so privileged to have more people to thank than I could even begin to list here.

More and more people I encounter tell me that they read this blog, and often mention my sobriety as their takeaway. For many years I have begun this blog in the same way, and I have addressed my own sobriety. It’s just a way I keep myself accountable, to myself. I’m glad to hear that this personal practice has reached so many people, and inspired others to explore their own relationships to alcohol and other addictive substances.

If you’re going through it, I can tell you it gets better. I can also tell you the only way to get to the other side, is to want it for yourself. Nobody else can want it enough for you to make a change. For me, giving up alcohol was the most important decision I’ve made in my life. These days I’m working on gaining control over my other addictions, habits, and behavioral patterns. It’s not easy, and requires ultimate honesty with myself.

As always, I appreciate you tuning in for my journey here. I couldn’t do it alone.

Enjoy your Sunday,