The Ruins Project, a once abandoned coal mine, now the most important mosaic museum in the woods of Appalachian America. The joy and agony of making art for a living, solving failure through the creative process.
Appalachian artist. Owner and Curator of The Ruins Project.
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What do plumbing and St. Benedict have in common? Me. Writing about ora et laboraโprayer and workโvocation, theology, philosophy, blue collar life, the trades, plumbing, technology, tools, culture, and more.
Reflective essays on nature, family, and tradition. A natural balm in our wounded modern world.
A ledger of obscure travels, backwoods rambles, rough bivouacs, and cackling cartographies.
Slow Living for REAL life. A Radical Slow Living community for rebellious creatives + renegade entrepreneurs, thirsty for a slower life in a world obsessed with speed.