LONG WAY HOME

THE STORY "We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men," John Muir famously said. The town of Boulder at the foot of the Flatirons became my first home in the United States. So, on its surface, this piece showcases our planet's passage on its way through the universe, yes. But it is also a reflection of my very own, personal transition: Geographically, to the place where I created a new existence — and personally, as here I grew from enthusiast to expressive artist, always looking up rather than down, dreaming big, step by step.