:who are you?

->a nobody

->a community

nobody:

->my childhood dream was to open my own ski school after retiring from competition

-> my “sport” disappeared from existence - no really?!

a fools errand?

-> at a low point in my timeline living & hiding out in NYC🗽

i held onto it for what seemed to me like a ridiculously long time —> i tried several iterations that failed ⏰ + 🕰️ again…

in 2017 a friend (who has a way with people) convinced me to have another go at it

-> just like a Thanos snap

-> i was forced into retirement before i peaked + could teach it

->after all it was 2017 not 2016 😜

i went about my business in a very different way

;p

i almost gave up on my dream until…

this time i let go of all my assumptions and giving 👆🏼 to them and cozied up to the task of systematically destroying the Mainstream Ski Industry [MSI] as i knew it in 2017… t’was the beginning of the end

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and so i did but not for them this time around —> no this was not about appeasing them

villain arc:

in order to be effective in this task i had to ask different sorts of questions with one seeming most imminent at the time…

how did i become this way?

this was a rabbit (+k)hole to be sure that i of course foolishly followed into a spiraling journaling spree of peppered event recollections + detective yarn & tack connections

the CITY + the MTN

these are my teachers and the realms or reality playgrounds that i inhabit

-> from the urge to destroy came the realization that one must create something to replace the former…

they coexist insomuch as i mediate their influences

there is a tension and pull between these two worlds and herein lies the impetus for this school

conclusion pt 2:

conclusion pt 1:

single dad

insider/outsider

a nobody hiding out in NYC + biding my time

service industry lapdog waiting tables to live

designer

world class athlete

freak/elite

introvert working behind the scenes

this taught me how to truly read people and anticipate their needs

some pretty weird stuff has happened in my life so far to make me this way -> here are some of the themes…

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struggling artist

identity

-> this iteration of the art project began with a placeholder name of slopefiend -> thereby holding the identity of a villain or an addict

-> from the urge to destroy came the realization that one must create something to replace the former

the intention of creating a learning system (fulfilling a need) that enables + empowers people to be better versions of themselves and share this understanding