THANK YOU !
SINCE I WAS 7 YEARS OLD I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO MAKE THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE. I LOVE TAKING INTANGIBLE IDEAS AND BRINGING THEM TO REALITY. IT STARTED WITH PENCILS AND PAPER, THEN AT THE AGE OF 18 I UPGRADED TO THE MORE COMPLEX MACHINE: THE CAMERA. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A DIFFERENT MACHINE THE DREAM HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE SAME: MAKE IMAGES. I GRADUATED FROM ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN AROUND THE AGE OF 24, AND SHORTLY THERE AFTER, I READ THE BOOK "THE ARTIST'S WAY”, A GUIDE FOR THOSE WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT TAKING THEIR INTERESTS TO THE NEXT LEVEL. THERE WAS ONE CHAPTER THAT HAD TO DO WITH SAYING THANKS. IT SUGGESTED SAYING THANK YOU TO SOMEONE WHO HAS HELPED YOU ON YOUR JOURNEY TO BECOMING AN ARTIST. AT THE TIME, THE THOUGHT OF SAYING THANK YOU TO SOMEONE SCARED ME. I THINK I WAS SCARED BECAUSE OF IT'S RAW HONESTY. IN ORDER TO SPARE MYSELF THE PAIN I DIDN'T SAY THANK YOU TO THE WELL DESERVED TEACHERS AND MENTORS THAT I HAD AT THAT TIME. I REGRET THIS. MANY YEARS HAVE PASSED AND I CAN NOW SEE HOW LIFE WORKS. IT IS MADE UP OF A POSITIVE NETWORK OF PEOPLE THAT SHIFTS IN MICRO-MOVEMENTS, TOGETHER TOWARDS WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE COLLECTIVELY DESIRE. LAST YEAR I WAS REMINDED OF THE IMPORTANCE OF SAYING THANK YOU. I WAS PUBLICLY THANKED ON INSTAGRAM FOR GIVING SOMEONE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A MODEL ON SET. NOT A BIG DEAL FOR ME BUT IT MEANT SOMETHING TO THEM. I THOUGHT THIS WAS A REALLY AMAZING GESTURE ON THEIR PART. HE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO OUT OF HIS WAY TO DO THIS. I ADMIRED HIS FERVENT HONESTY. IT INSTANTLY MADE ME THINK OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT NUDGED ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION ON MY PATH. MY BEST FRIEND JOANNA ALWAYS SAYS "TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK." SHE IS RIGHT. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE HELPED IN MAKING MY DREAM WORK. I HOPE WE GET TO MAKE THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE, TOGETHER AGAIN SOON.
Thank you:
jen jenkins, joanna ewing, brian franks, azsa west, jacki apple, Amy Fleisher Madden, jake trott, ken merfeld, danica radovanov, jAKE MICHAELS, jimmy jolliff, ALEX PRAGER, erin garcia, SIA FURLER, jeremy & claire wiess, eleni peters, jen lamping, michael leedy, dan barbato, brandon atwood, len peltier, paul jasmin, Sean garrison, jim wilson, chris grosser, laurel wells, Cat farber, Marni beardsley, amy berriochoa, marlene marino, ana coto, Steve berra, milagros de la rosa figueroa, tj pocock, travis britton, ann ross, Nickie Nittoli, jf dumais, jennifer furches, Shayla Love, Stella Berkofsky, abraham latham, steve halterman, lauren beyda, JESSICA KERSTEN, Alejandra Quesada, ALVIN CHAN, dan george, fabianne gstottenmayr, thomas geffrier, BRIAN DUCK, Kelly aplin, tony blasko, Nina Golik, justin hollar, WEs olsen, Carolyn Winslow, Ben sealey, Jeff Fribourg, Mia chong-hanssen, courtney beckett, JOSH BEYER, Meghan gallagher, sue otto, sandy ganzer, lee kaplan, Nikki Patrlja, ANNIKA VOGT, bob holobinko, eric jacobson, sean barrett, todd kaufman, larry mccrudden, ian kaplan, dean silbersack, djuna bel, Jordan rich, Michael Dos Santos, Erika Bueter, JESY ODIO, Ariel chiesa, mike stacey, lisa klipsic, jimm lasser, Hannes deter, BRAD HOCHBERG, matt mimiaga, jolene kao, JENNIFER ROCHOLL, sonali dealwis, rebecca jean-louis, ross winterflood, dani kiwi meier, jennifer krasinski, jennifer baker, michael gulde, aric rist, matt king, ANTHONY CARRILLO, Rachel GOLDMAN, PAT DOUGHERTY, MICHELLE RITORTO, NATASHA MAASRI, Terri walker, treanna lawrence, PRESTON KONRAD, REBA SAXON, KIM LANSILL, jad magaziner, john dubois, paola alfante, jay mims, amanda viola, justin tellian, dana boulus, xander mozejewski, lisa eisner, roman alonso, and Todd cole.
