Reishi Bonsai Bowl #1

(Notes from Future TO. This is the very first Bowl. The very first mock up of the idea I had. Looking back in it now in 2026- I have a hard time remembering really the conception. Like most creative ideas it just popped into my mind and something drove me to actually do it instead of just think about it and not act. Funny how in life somethings come into materiality and others simply stay up in the idea space. Could I have imagined at the time that working on this project would lead me to move to Maine, to have my art displayed at Maine Fungi Fest, then various other Northeast mushroom festivals, get accepted to a Fungi inspired Art gallery showing in Brooklyn New York, take me down to PA to Mycofest and Meet all the wild cast of characters I have met since starting this project? Of course not. That’s part of the fun and adventure of it.

Because the art project just acted as a vehicle for all this change and development in my life. It helped me grow as a person. Make new skills. Get better at public speaking. Develop a wide range of skills. Have the courage and ability to call myself an Artist instead of simply making things for artists. It allowed me to break free of the shackles of consensus reality and some of the games we play in our society. And realize that it is going to be ok. That there is nothing to fear. That I am capable enough to constantly throw myself into the unknown and to figure it out as I fall.

And I have now put something creative into the world that is uniquely my own. Something that never was in the world before- and possibly wouldnt have been if I hadn’t brought it into it. At least that’s how it felt. Deeply personal and a reflection of things and ideas I have been working through since I was a child. And so even if they never sell. Even if they never make any money. Or get me any famous accolades. That’s ok. I didn’t do it for that. I did it because a deep part of me compelled me to. Like I had to get it out. And in getting it out and completing it – I feel more whole now than I ever did. Like there is nothing that can really touch me now. I have brought something novel into the world and there is nothing or no one who can take that from me. And the project is deeply meaningful. I wish you all who are reading this this same joy of experience. To find your personal expression and to let it out. To present it to the world. Not for recognition or fame or money, but for your soul. For that inner child in you that yearns to create and express its uniqueness. Especially in this world today.

Because it is deeply meaningful and fullfilling at a level I dare not express in words. Because the truth is – I am not special. No more special than you are. I was simply crazy enough to do it. And to keep on despite all the cultural and societal programming telling me to stop.

Anyways, I feel like I am getting a bit out there writing about this. Then again – it’s my website, this is my reflection on my Art project so I will reflect as I please. Lots of times I write. Not for anyone else to read. Or to even be necessarily read again. Simply because it is what I do. It is how I express myself. How I commune with my deeper self and reflect and organize myself. And if this is interesting to someone else, if they find this somehow entertaining or helpful in any sort of way- then great, I’m pleased I could contribute to that. If not- I’ll still know it’s there. That I have left my own personal mark on my own little part of reality.

And I have shared. And now it is out of my hands.