Journal

Thoughts, experiments, and fragments from the studio.

The Loop and the Human

What I actually think about “agentic AI” — from someone who uses it and refuses to stop paying attention. I’ve watched a word take over the room this year. Agentic. It’s on every deck, every launch, every breathless thread. And I’ve noticed my own reaction split cleanly in two directions. Both of them tired. One […]
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Ethical AI Advocacy. I Use AI. I Also Fight Like Hell for the Future of it for humans.

Let’s get something out of the way: yes, I use AI — as part of a workflow that also includes the traditional digital art tools I have been using for over 25 years. Adobe and I go way back. AI came into that toolkit about five years ago, before most people had an opinion about […]
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Softcore Anarchy: A Book About Tenderness, Defiance, and Staying Human

For a long time, I had lost the capacity to make things just for myself. My career lived in design systems, marketing goals, client needs, and practical outcomes. Creative, yes—but always in service of something external. Art was something I understood, something I respected deeply, but something I kept at a distance in my personal […]
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A Gentle Beginning to 2026

I’m stepping into 2026 with more clarity than I’ve had in a long time. Not the loud, goal-board kind. The quieter kind that comes from staying with something long enough to know it’s real. From choosing intention over urgency. From letting curiosity lead, even when it complicates things. Before I talk about what’s coming, I […]
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