WHY DO YOU DO IT? WHAT DRIVES YOU?
These ideas I have, it hurts really bad to keep them bottled up inside. Like I’m failing myself. The actual art-making process is exciting, but really exhausting. I get really locked in and stop going outside, and my mind is just running in circles all day. It can take months! But the only way I can feel good about myself is to just get that project out of my head and into the world. Then I can finally look at it, see it for what it is, and move on with my fucking life. After a couple months, I look back and take pride in the work, good or bad.
On a more psychological level, being an artist is important to me because it was the first way I learned how to connect with people. I associate making friends with showing people my new work. I’m working on decoupling those two so I can chill out.
WHAT IS ONE THING YOU DO FOR SANITY MAINTENANCE?
150 mg lamotrigene every morning.
WHAT IS THE SCRAPPIEST THING YOU’VE DONE FOr money?
Briefly did some camming.
YOUR TASK IS TO PRESCRIBE ONE BOOK OR FILM TO THE COLLECTIVE. WHAT IS IT?
Book: SHOCK DOCTRINE by Naomi Klein.
Movie: MARTYRS, written and directed by Pascal Laugier.
Current obsession?
Super nerdy but I’m really into programming old Gameboys right now.
MOST USEFUL FAILURE?
Failing to get a tech job.
SELECTED Q FROM THE PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE: What is your motto?
Don’t trust pretty boys!!!!!!!!!
WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY WORKING ON?
A couple things. I’m currently both organizing and contributing to an anthology of short stories by cartoonists in the SF Bay Area. It’s called DARK MONTHS, and it features art and writing by Konstantine Soldatos, Shannon Nyx, Avijit Singh and myself. I’m also working on a video game called "Monkey Mode: Director’s Cut". There’s a demo online right now. Keep an eye on my Instagram to keep up with my project releases, they’re super duper good and the physical copies will be worth a billion dollars pretty soon.
DISCIPLINE OR ANARCHY?
Any anarchist with integrity understands the discipline it takes to walk that path.
