This page is a collections of notes, ramblings and highlights for each year I pass through. I’m starting this at the end of 2021 with the intention of adding to it yearly. A good companion to this is the Timeline which retraces my projects and notes chronologically.
Highlights of 2024
- Filmed and edited a crazy music video in the backwoods of Ontario over five intense nights of shooting
- Released my first album as Ritual Dust , which was also the first time I finish and release solo music that I’m really proud of.
- Played a remixed version of Beast of the Black Hill on stage with Voidxwitch and Aliceffekt
- Got a large back tattoo of my solar symbol
- Deepened my practice of self-compassion
- Challenged myself to draw characters and scenes, completing one complex illustration per month
my favorite books of the year
- the Earthsea cycle by Ursula Le Guin
- Listen to the Land Speak by Manchàn Magan
my favorite movies of the year
- Human Traffic (1999)
- Kneecap (2024)
- The Boy And The Heron (2023)
- Alien Romulus (2024)
- Furiosa (2024)
my top 10 songs of the year
- Better Way To Live (ft. Grian Chatten) - Kneecap
- Interlocked - Danny L. Harle ft. DJ Mayhem
- Yxguden (ft. Bladee) - Evian Christ
- <3 Korean Girls (ft. Mega Mongoliad) - Alice Longyu Gao
- gec 2 Ü (Danny L Harle)
- Beast Of The Black Hill (Aliceffekt Remix) - Voidxwitch
- FML - Zheani
- Old Hag You Have Killed Me - The Bothy Band
- Mineral Hool - Dj Ibon & Vilde Tuv
- Satan Was A Baby Boomer - Brutalismus 3000
Highlights of 2023
- Went on a pilgrimage to Ireland with my partner Hex and visited many sacred sites, stayed in old stone cottages and connected deeply to the land.
- Made a series of pixel art illustrations for a small game accompanying an album by my friend Lyndsie.
- Wrote a song for a compilation in support of palestinian liberation.
- Filmed a cowboy/rave-themed music video for VOIDXWITCH
- Assisted my partner through their recovery after top surgery.
Highlights of 2022
- Started a Patreon with a monthly print club
- Started tattooing for real
- Made a second edition of my collaborative zine Fantômes
- Drew a series of black metal lettering pieces for Black Metal December
Highlights of 2021
- Moved in with my partner Hex
- Published the first issue of Fantômes zine with contributions from a lot of great folks
- Travelled to Saguenay with some friends
- Lost my job and found a way better one
- Started painting again
- started working on a small dungeon crawler game with Devine
- started working on a new album for Blood and Dust
- Made a card game for Treecrets
- Made black metal logos for 6 bands/projects
- made a whole lot more black metal logos for fun
- Got my first big illustration contract which made me consider a path to live from my art
- Learned a lot more about myself
- Joined the Stone Club
- Stayed inside a whole bunch
Highlights of 2020
- Found my drawing style
- Released the first Blood and Dust album
- Turned this website into a more personal website
- Joined Merveilles again on Mastodon this time