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Art and Grief

Art and Grief

and other deeply human things

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Feb 14, 2025
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Otis riding in the back of Aunt Ashley’s truck like a big dog

One day in the summer of 2007, when I was 22 and right after graduating from UC Santa Cruz in Photography, Dave and I moved into a house in Santa Cruz with 11 of our friends. To save money! To have fun! To be chaotic!

I, in my infinite wisdom, thought I wanted to level up the chaos and adopt a…

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