In pursuit of relative social isolation I've resolved to winter on Harvester through the 2025-2026 season. This small Island floats on the west side of kodiak Alaska. This decision was come to for a variety of reasons. With the conclusion of college I find unique availability to attempt what I will. I have many ideas for my life. For the first time I am able to pursue these ideas. I’ve been immersed in superficiality and sunshine for too long. While friends are dear and society is entrancing, i’m curious what impact their absence will have.

The primary direction I want to pursue is creativity. This will primarily manifest itself through ceramics, but I hope to work on painting and poetry and some larger land art projects. I’m hoping the peace and isolation of an open space will inspire my art. I want to create sculptures and function ware that is deserving of a graduate school art portfolio. I want to experiment and learn with form function and texture. I hope to create something I'm satisfied with, which is no small feat. perhaps the most foreign element of this experience will be the attempted documentation of the process of living and creating.

People are confused about how the pursuit of ceramics and other arts could fill a year in isolation. They have a point. I’ll supplement my time out here with reading. I hope to rediscover the pleasure of a turning pages. Assigned readings to digital PDF’s have burnt my pallet, but in the cold of Alaska I'm sure my love for books will be rediscovered. The primary lesson my expensive undergrad degree taught me was that I don’t know much about anything. I need a better grasp of our world if I decide I want stronger convictions.

There will still be more time in the day than the above activities can fill. The process of living in a rurual area is more difficult and complicated than living in civilization. Some even call existing in the Alakan bush survival rather than living. Our facilities and planning makes our survival almost assured. That being said we will not have running water. We will be carrying five-gallon buckets of water 200 meters to our cabin. We will have limited wood and propane for refrigeration and heat. Doing dishes or cooking will become nessisarily mindful tasks as we must limit our usage of resources.

This winter will serve as a challenge and adventure. We will explore and discover all the bright places in Uyak Bay. We will Subsist to a large degree through our garden, fishing, hunting, and gathering. My brother Abraham and I will grow closer through laughing and arguing. Our art will be improved and we will have so much fun. To follow our mission in the wilderness sign up for a newsletter or browse the posts below. Wish us luck :)