inspiration from a starfish

A sea star moves around on my hand and transfers its kinetic energy, motivating me to squirm because I feel creeped out.

While walking along the beach this morning I found a little starfish. Having never seen a starfish before I approached it cautiously, let it know I was an unarmed pacifist discontent with my life, just wandering the earth seeking new…

a happy story about dreams

For the past few months I’ve had difficulty sleeping through an entire night. Most nights I wake up from nightmares revolving around a few different themes, predominantly suicide, a sense of loss and hopelessness. This may be hard for you to understand as generally my writing is incredibly cheery and heartwarming. A few months ago one of my friends committed suicide. We weren’t that that close but it was one of those cases where you…

Berlin to Miami

Hi Helga, I'm Brian. When I told you I was a photographer I didn't mean I was an employed photographer. Thanks for not asking more questions. Hope you enjoyed the flight.

So did you guys hear about that time I bought a last-minute plane ticket to travel across the world, feeling desperate and hopeless? Yeah…it’s happened a few times already this year. Here’s the most recent story about changing climates, an…

Berlin daydream

Reverse cup holder...New Year's style.

Last night, with the help of my current host and illustrator friend Ditte Winkelman, I purchased a ticket to Berlin. Those of you who receive my frantic e-mails already know that I’m very hopeful about this move. Maybe one day…

Rotterdam: remnants of New Year’s partying

See-through with black rim...slut of the umbrella world. No wonder she got abused and ran over. Still looks hot though...

You’ve probably heard that New Year’s parties are all about wild times. You know, grab your buddies, take an umbrella out and get fucking plastered. Yeehaw! Wanna party even harder?? Let the hellish weather of your cozy riverside hometown devour…

making sense of 2012

Making sense of 2012.

I now realize that the vitamin I just took was intended to be dissolved in liquid prior to consumption. I was wondering why 1) it tasted so awful when vitamins are generally innocuous; 2) my mouth started foaming as I…