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To Me, That Ugliness, That Grotesqueness - That's The Essence [of Life]. That's Where You Realize, It's Not About All The Consonance And The Harmony. It's All The Parts That Are Wrong That Help Explain Why We're Drawn To Something - What The Mystery Is - Just As Much As The Beautiful Things.

To Me, The Grotesque Is Like A Sonic Manifestation Of Reality. I Don't Know How You Could Look Out Onto Our World And See Only Beauty. And I Like Beautiful Things. I Like The Aesthetically Harmonious. But I Am Much More Attracted To Something That Is Off-kilter. It Is A Truer Reflection Of Not Only Nature, But The Human Spirit - The State Of The World. I Just Think Everything Feels A Little Off.

To Me, Curiosity Is Married To Optimism. And That's Where A Lot Of My Motivation Comes From. A Lot Of My Way Out Of Depression And Anxiety Is That Intersection Between Optimism And Curiosity. Because It Means Taking A Step Forward With The Hope That There Will Be Discovery.

I Think In Some Ways, Whether You've Ever Actually Been To Portland, People Definitely Understand This Highly Curated Niche Lifestyle, Because A Lot Of People Are Sort Of Striving For That Now. Or They're Hating On It.

Living In Portland, Which Is A Predominantly White City, The Privilege And The Luxury To Be Able To Obsess Over A Certain Kind Of Minutia, That I Think, If You Did Not Have That Privilege, Would Never Be Bothersome. When People Are Worried About Whether "local" Means 100 Miles, Or 50 Miles, Or 10 Miles From A Grocery Store, I Just Think, "wow. What A Privilege It Is To Have That As A Major Concern In Your Life." As Opposed To, "can We Afford Food Tonight?" Sometimes I'm Just Shocked At What Becomes Concerning In These Kind Of Communities.