From the Studio
Thoughts on design, process, and the work in between.
A running log of ideas, experiments, and lessons learned — from freelance life and code deep dives to design thinking and the occasional creative block. Written in real time, mostly for myself, but maybe useful to you too.
The Ball Is Smaller Now: Grief, the Brain, and the Work That Comes After
If you read the tribute post I wrote for Vinz Clortho, you already know the shape of the last two years. A loss, then another, then another. The first domino, and everything that followed. What I didn't fully explore there — because that post belonged to him, not to the work — is what grief actually does to a creative person. Not metaphorically. Biologically. And why, eventually, it makes the work better.
Two Years Without My Vinzy Kitty/Vinz Clortho
His name was Vinz Clortho. Named after the demon dog from Ghostbusters, which felt appropriately dramatic for a cat I didn't yet know would become the great love of my life.