BLT

Welcome, my name is Bryson! I was born and raised in the state of Utah, one of the most beautiful states in the USA. Although my angsty younger self spent most of his time, money and energy on planning great escapes--and I was successful in manifesting many adventures abroad--I have found myself back home in Salt Lake City, where I live with my partner Mark and our two (feline) boys Palmer and Presley.

I have a pretty world not far from reality. While I alternate sips of Mezcal on the rocks with typing and obsessing over the sunset, the light's refracting so brilliantly through my glass and hands. Have you ever noticed someone getting lost in the way their wedding rings sparkles while they wait for the red light to change? I've obsessed over beauty for most of my life: about finding it, feeling it, sharing it. I've found solace and a sense of purpose in creating beautiful spaces and experiences. And I've learned to appreciate my life more and more each day because of how beautiful it is.

It's morning and I'm sitting in my dining room--surrounded by an embarrassment of treasures attached to the memories and beauty I've collected over the decades of my life--having my espresso over ice with each one of my past selves. I can hear his voice calmly quote: "Wherever you go, there you are." I've followed my heart and I've done the right thing and I've sacrificed and I've loved and lost and I have learned a lot about myself and others, about life; and as I sit here with a whirlwind of reflection happening around me, I can breathe easily. I'm home, I'm here. My mom has told me on a number of occasions that when I was a kid, I was shy and quiet, but my eyes were always wide and that she could see the wheels turning inside my mind. My life has been far from easy, but there was certainly a grace found in wandering, a comfort found in not knowing what to expect, but knowing that I could wake up anywhere and still feel like I was home made me feel empowered to keep going, to keep exploring and to continue searching for nothing in particular. Life has been kind to me. I can hear her voice being carried across the room on a cloud of exhaled smoke: "I'm not sure what it is, but I'm damn glad I have it." I have found myself collaborating with strange and brilliant people, artists and creators. I have indulged in the feeling of walking into rooms with all eyes on me; I've felt nothing and done nothing and walked on with a wealth of experience and appreciation for life and my sense of self. I have created beautiful pieces of art: from photography, paintings, sculptures, to spaces and experiences that I keep like treasures in memory boxes riddled throughout the back of my mind. I'm not interested in perfecting myself or my life, it's living life with an earnest intention to accept and appreciate each and every element for what it is. The good, bad & ugly will all eventually end up in the same memory bins of my life. Life is lots of things and I'm eager to live it all.