Present
Stories are important. Stories are powerful. They are a harbinger of the future, a light on that which we cannot yet see, and the language we speak to understand our place in the cosmos and how to make sense of reality. They are more important now than ever as the human experience shifts into uncharted territories, while mainstream stories become more and more tenuous. The stories we tell matter.
Individuals like Paul Kingsnorth, Jordan Peterson, John Vervaeke and more have been addressing the modern meaning crisis. I aim to address this issue through my narrative stories and films and to be a teller of thought-provoking stories that envision the journey of overcoming isolation, the perils of modern tech, authoritarianism and the void once filled by God and the family.
Past
I began my career in the performing arts, acting and singing at the age of seven in Chicagoland at theaters like The American Girl Place Theater and The Aurora University Theater Company.
After acquiring a supporting role in the feature film Children on Their Birthdays directed by Mark Medoff, I began on-camera work and eventually moved to Los Angeles, where I began songwriting, recording and performing at venues like Hotel Cafe.
Blow (2015) was my debut studio album in collaboration with Emmy-winning composers Brett Cookingham and Matt Pavolaitis. Blow was funded by a Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign and promoted in a 6-week national tour in the summer of 2016.
Shortly after, I released As The Wind Blows, a five part documentary of my tour, and self-published a book of poetry called 33 Poems. I then turned my attention to writing as a way to address the modern meaning crisis. Today, I write a newsletter called Homecoming, write science fiction stories, and create short films to critique technology and explore the meaning of home.
