I’m Matt—pale blue dot adrift a red sea. I like to write and doodle.
Academically, I'm a Public Historian. I maintain a Pastperfect proficiency in the event you reading this are a Museum Director requiring archival or oral-history assistance. I’ve contributed to a bit of exhibit-rehabilitation also. I’m quite proud to’ve participated in THIS project.
My bachelor’s (Cum Laude) is in World History and Culture (focus on Social Philosophy) w/ a certificate in Public History.
Occupationally, I manage a local Benjamin Moore paint store. I’ve surprisingly-to-myself worked in the coatings industry for over a dozen years now, accumulating a wealth of knowledge. I worked for most of a decade as a Sous Chef in the Metro-Atlanta Area and have also worked as a bartender, landscaper, auto-technician, & clerk. From age 11-16, I worked at an exotic bird nursery and rehab farm (wouldn't trade the experience for anything).
I'm also an Eagle Scout and Order of the Arrow Brother if those still mean anything.
After beginning to die prematurely, my perspective on reality evolved (as it does). I moved back to my hometown and am much closer with my family for it. Don’t worry, I’m well treated these days. I bike, hike, and work around the house like someone who barely ever had heart failure at all.
I envy those who fun for work and, could I write & doodle in such a way, would know contentment. Here you'll find essays, art, film analysis, ramblings, and, if you dig deep enough, some short stories I had a blast writing way back when.
It's a blog—I write self-therapeutically and publish here as a confessional exercise. Welcome.
Here're some quotes I try to consider daily:
"Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go, but what does my death matter if, through us, thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action."
-Sophie Scholl
"Those who tell the stories rule the world."
-Hopi Proverb
"Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play."
-Heraclitus
"The Cosmos is also within us--we're made of star-stuff.
