Hello! This page is intended to give a quick overview of who I am and what I do. In late 2025 there was a YouTube review of my site Learning To Walk Again that gave that this interactive book a burst of attention. Many comments on that video pointed out that I didn't have a portfolio or résumé.To explain why my portfolio details are sparse you have to understand that this project took every minute of time I had in 2025. There wasn't enough of a chance to talk about my skills specifically. In preparing for Learning To Walk Again I wrote at least 70 poems, illustrated an enormous amount of type and spent years studying new website technology.

These last five years starting in 2020 I've been self-taught. Before that I studied typography at The School of Visual Concepts for a semester where I won a first place Addy Award for my book design. I considered staying at the school and completing their one year web-design certification program. After looking at student portfolios I realized what they were trying to accomplish wasn't inline with what I was looking to do. Book design interested me so I wanted to take what I learned from book design and make it available in a interactive experience.

This seems essential to talk about though I don't know why.

I don't think AI is the most interesting new technology. There are numerous other web design advancements that I could rave about all day long but the concept of letting a computer do my thinking for me? No, I have enough ideas on my own. In fact I have so many ideas that they outnumber the hours in the day I have to implement them.

AI works fast but I work slow. The word "slow" is almost a pejorative these days. Maybe one of these years I will figure out why. I often get a lot done in a day but I don't rush to a finish line. I have to be convinced that a project I'm working on doesn't need further significant advancements before I can justify setting it aside.

A programmer asked in a video review of my site if it was possible that AI was used to make the poem title drawings. No, that rough wabi-sabi style in the opening of this work was a very hand-drawn affair.

I even show the behind the scenes workings of that on my Bluesky. I not only drew all the hand-lettering on my own but often played around with many ideas before committing to one that I felt conveyed the idea best.