Where did the nomad go? Deep in the heart of Texas.
For the first time in 6 years, I have a place I call home.
The house I rent and live in is mine for the year. The pantry has what I need
to make random concoctions to fill my body with nutrients and energy, the bed
has sheets which smell like me, and my belongings have almost been successfully
consolidated from their scattered placement across the continent.
My nomad days have not come to an end – I will continue to
travel as a model for the foreseeable future for creating art with my body and
soul as my instrument is something I intensely love and currently how I sustain
myself. Yet, having a place to return to
time and again has added a feeling of peace I have long searched for.
Photographed by Noel Marreno
Models Keira Grant and Lisa Jupiter
About 14 months ago I was convinced I would be moving to
North Carolina, as I knew it was in the cards for a change. Some people are of the conviction that about
every 7 years, we change as individuals. Be this true or not, life is a journey
and I always seek to continue forward, sometimes taking small, soft steps and
other times by jumping forward and into the lesser known terrain, parachute on
my back.
Only in looking back at my lifestyle do I realize what I
went through, living on the road. Perpetual travel means the work to line up everyday
logistics such as a roof, basic food and artistic shoots is a whole different
issue than when living in one place. With shooting and creating art as my
number one goal and obsession, I found the majority of my energy committed to
my goal and other things slid out of view.
All decisions come with trade offs. Now I have time. Time to
develop my own photography, learn all those neglected recipes, put those hour
into sculpting myself into the form I wish to be and a chance to think from a
different perspective. And I absolutely have time to model and shoot, which I
do with zeal when given the opportunity.
Expect to see me traveling to cities near you throughout the
year. As always, I welcome your emails about shooting together. And if you ever
come through Houston, Texas, I have a glorious location available to shoot in
and know an eager model with great ideas, damn good abs and a whole lot of
experience who is always ready to shoot (yup, that would be me).
