Three friends on a beach at dusk under a heavy storm sky

Forward.

01 / 08
I. Music

Ethereal mixes of real and imagined worlds.

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Looking downriver from a boat toward mist-covered forested hills A long hall of hydroelectric generators under red steel trusses A brick tomb with a blue-tiled dome on a dry plain A seaside corniche with white buildings and a minaret under bare mountains Aerial view of a city between a granite hill, a lagoon, and the sea Goats standing on hind legs to eat from a wind-bent tree by the sea A tall obelisk monument in a hazy traffic circle ringed with billboards
02 / 08
Looking downriver from a boat toward mist-covered forested hills A long hall of hydroelectric generators under red steel trusses A brick tomb with a blue-tiled dome on a dry plain A seaside corniche with white buildings and a minaret under bare mountains Aerial view of a city between a granite hill, a lagoon, and the sea Goats standing on hind legs to eat from a wind-bent tree by the sea A tall obelisk monument in a hazy traffic circle ringed with billboards
03 / 08
II. Writing

Intimate stories of transformation.

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Looking downriver from a boat toward mist-covered forested hills A long hall of hydroelectric generators under red steel trusses A brick tomb with a blue-tiled dome on a dry plain A seaside corniche with white buildings and a minaret under bare mountains Aerial view of a city between a granite hill, a lagoon, and the sea Goats standing on hind legs to eat from a wind-bent tree by the sea A tall obelisk monument in a hazy traffic circle ringed with billboards
04 / 08
Looking downriver from a boat toward mist-covered forested hills A long hall of hydroelectric generators under red steel trusses A brick tomb with a blue-tiled dome on a dry plain A seaside corniche with white buildings and a minaret under bare mountains Aerial view of a city between a granite hill, a lagoon, and the sea Goats standing on hind legs to eat from a wind-bent tree by the sea A tall obelisk monument in a hazy traffic circle ringed with billboards
05 / 08
III. Work
Rhizar

CEO. An AI agent platform for the housing and built-environment sector. People who know how housing gets made turn that knowledge into agents others can use.

PatientCircle Research Institute

Board member. A patient-led nonprofit studying how peer coaching changes recovery for cardiac surgery patients.

Looking downriver from a boat toward mist-covered forested hills A long hall of hydroelectric generators under red steel trusses A brick tomb with a blue-tiled dome on a dry plain A seaside corniche with white buildings and a minaret under bare mountains Aerial view of a city between a granite hill, a lagoon, and the sea Goats standing on hind legs to eat from a wind-bent tree by the sea A tall obelisk monument in a hazy traffic circle ringed with billboards
06 / 08
Looking downriver from a boat toward mist-covered forested hills A long hall of hydroelectric generators under red steel trusses A brick tomb with a blue-tiled dome on a dry plain A seaside corniche with white buildings and a minaret under bare mountains Aerial view of a city between a granite hill, a lagoon, and the sea Goats standing on hind legs to eat from a wind-bent tree by the sea A tall obelisk monument in a hazy traffic circle ringed with billboards
07 / 08
Looking downriver from a boat toward mist-covered forested hills A long hall of hydroelectric generators under red steel trusses A brick tomb with a blue-tiled dome on a dry plain A seaside corniche with white buildings and a minaret under bare mountains Aerial view of a city between a granite hill, a lagoon, and the sea Goats standing on hind legs to eat from a wind-bent tree by the sea A tall obelisk monument in a hazy traffic circle ringed with billboards
08 / 08
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