“I love you guys’ hair. What do you do in the city?” Fem Unit – “I’m unemployed."  Male Unit – "I’m unemployed too.” “So what do y’all do with your time?” Young Woman – “I’m a visual artist and he’s a musician.” “What kind of visual art? Drawing and painting and stuff?” Jeune Femme – “Yep, drawing and painting.” Jeune Homme – “I… Read More

“I like your eyelashes.” “Thank you. Where you from?” “Atlanta, but I’ve been here a little over 5 years. What about you?” “I’ve been here my whole life. I’m 45.” “It’s an amazing place.” “It really is. It’s expensive. But I wouldn’t know how to act anywhere else.” “I know what you mean. What do you like to do here?” “I take care… Read More

“Hey there, you guys are a good looking couple. Is it cool if I take your picture?” In British accent – Guy – “Sure.” Girl – “Of course.” “Where you guys from?” “We’re visiting from Brighton. It’s like the San Francisco of England. A lof of hills, art, culture, and a large gay community.” “Cool, what do y’all do there?” Guy – “I’m… Read More

“Entre les deux bouches dans un baiser Verre à vitre de la solitude. ”… Read More

I was walking downtown when I saw this beautiful woman, Dylis, hunched over with her cane walking down the street. When I walked up to her and said hi she stood up straight and looked me in the eyes. She must have been 6 inches taller when she stood straight up. I said, “Wow! You look amazing! That’s a beautiful suit.” Then a… Read More

“Oh my god. You’re just so cute.”“You’d better watch all that cute stuff around my girlfriend.”Girlfriend – “It’s true.”… Read More

“Whoa! You are so beautiful!” Girl on left – “Thanks.” “Do you mind if I take your picture?” GOL – “Only if I can take it with my girlfriend.” Girl on right – “No…you can take it by yourself. It’s cool.” “Well you both look awesome so why don’t we do one together and one with you by yourself?” Girls together – “Cool.”… Read More

“What are you passionate about?” “Making art and creating. I think it’s time to draw more from our imagination. The idea that we’re different and need to go to war and fight amongst ourselves is so outdated. I play in a band called The Coo Coo Birds and we play rock n roll to inspire that underlying imaginative urge to come… Read More

“You into the Grateful Dead?” “I live and breathe the Dead. I’ve seen more Grateful Dead shows than the Dead have! Think about that.” “What was it like back in the day?” “It was crazy, I was with them all the time. I used to go up to the doorman backstage and tell him "I’m here to handle all the groupie girls that… Read More

“How you doin today?” “Pretty good. Enjoying the weather and farmer’s market.” “Cool. Do you live here in the city?” “Yeah, I’ve been here 30 years.” “What brought you to San Francisco?” “I came here to go to school. I studied Mechanical Engineering at UC-Berkeley.” “Right on. Are you Sikh?” “Yes.” “I’ve meet some Sikh’s with some interesting spiritual perspectives. What do you… Read More

“When I look into your eyes I see tunnels that go on forever.” “I know, I’m committed to my path and I always try to go deeper but sometimes I get lost in there and I need help navigating the darkness. Sometimes I feel like I’m about to be swallowed by it.” “Well…people often think of light and dark as good and bad,… Read More

I went to the Civic Center farmer’s market and one of the most enticing booths was a one with jars and jars of raw, natural honey on it. I walked up to the guy working there and said, “You must really love honey. I’ve never seen so much honey. Why is it special to you?” “Honey is amazing! They found bee hives that… Read More

“What are you passionate about?” “Fashion. I’ve studied it for a long time and I make my own clothes. It’s easy to think fashion is something frivolous and driven by our consumer culture but civilizations all over the world, even those without monetary systems have unique fashion sensibilities so there must be something to it right?”… Read More

I walked past the ArtPeople gallery downtown that had beautiful, vivid paintings that were moving and swirling. I hadn’t drank any mushroom tea that day so I walked inside to figure out what was what. Inside I met Meamar who told me, “I’ve been working on this new technique called Meamorphism. I paint layers upon layers of paint over my canvas, which is… Read More

“How you doin today?” “Okay.” “Why just okay?” “Just a lot of little things.” “Any good things?” “Well…I just started hanging out with some new people and they’re all older and have their shit together. And I really need to be around positive people ya know?" … Read More

“I hardly ever make it over to Japantown. What do you like about it here?” “I just really love Japanese culture. Manga is what first drew me in. I used to come down here to read the comics. But I also love the random knick knacks and of course the food.”… Read More

“Hey there, you mind if I take your picture?” “…” “Hablas ingles?” “No.” “Esta bien si tomo una foto?” “Si.” “Gracias. Que hacer en la ciudad?” “I trabajar e ir a la escuela, tratando de salir adelante." … Read More

“You look happy. What’s up?”“I just got back from Hawaii yesterday and it was really transformative.”“How so?”“Well, Hawaii is a very mysterious place. I’m from there, but it’s been a few years since I’ve been back and this time I was determined to uncover some of the mystery. When I got off the plane I heard the trees laughing and… Read More

“What are you passionate about?”“Creating interactive, immersive, delightful, playful, whimsical, unexpected, joyous, sublime, ecstatic experiences.”“Sounds pretty awesome. What’s an example of one of these experiences?”“The project I’m most excited about right now is The Imperfect Film Festival. It’s about turning film watchers into filmmakers. There’s one every month. You have 30 days to make a film and then we screen… Read More

“You have really beautiful eyes.”“Thanks.”“Mind if I take your picture?”“Sure.”“Great…got it. What do you like to do in the city?”“I’m visiting actually, my folks live out here. I’m from New York.”“Nice to get away to the west coast huh?”“No actually, I don’t like it here. I like the east coast way better.”“What do you… Read More

This picture was taken just as I was crossing the portal from the 8th dimension back into this world. Everything is made of light there. Shimmering, sparkling light. It’s totally black except for light skeletons of things. When you focus on something a light skeleton of that figure appears. Light ripples from top to bottom of the figure like water when you drop… Read More

“What brought you to San Francisco?”“I was living in Boulder wanting to move here and get more involved with the outdoorsy scene. But when I got here I felt really inspired by all the amazing artists. I had always been a singer but never put that much energy into it. I thought to myself, ‘I don’t know anyone here,… Read More

My friend Pedro emailed me the other day telling me I’d be a good fit for a new start-up he was working for called Vayable. It’s a company where you offer your knowledge as a local to someone who is visiting and wants to do what you’re offering. I checked out their website and it seemed pretty cool so I… Read More