Landon is a
multidisciplinary
artist living in
Chicago.
You can find him:
shooting for bands
taking photos of flowers
editing + color grading videos
making brochures for the parks
making flyers for local venues
refrigerating polaroid film
painting with friends
designing tote bags
Lately, I've been working on a fun passion project, a website/internet radio thing I'm still developing. But it will be a place for my friend Paige and I to write music reviews, and host internet radio shows. It's just called LPC right now maybe LPC Radio sounds better. Not sure, but it's short for "LANDOPIECEY". It's our nicknames combined. Anyway my talented design friend Riley showed me WebFlow, and I am teaching myself that. It's a learning curve coming from hard code HTML/CSS. But it's been great to learn a new program while working on something fun like this. I'm hoping to have the whole thing ready to launch in March.
I write from the grave of my former self. Every revolution around the sun I die and am born again.
The last revolution was once again, a great transformation. I feel jaded or maybe delirious when I
try and reflect. Absent minded. I’m just grateful, to be here, to have a loving partner, to have
loving friends. Looking at my previous posts here. Boy, am I dramatic. I tend to be such an idealist
that when I cannot craft my future to my exact liking I spin out. I am letting this bad habit go.
Something
I learned and am bringing with me this year, is how to move with the wind. I met someone who helps
me be grounded. I don’t need all the answers. I can unclench my jaw.
24th revolution
around the sun. Deep exhale. The art of starting over is, you get to do it again, and again, and
again. I want to keep exploring the beautiful world we’re losing before our eyes. I want to love
strong. I want to love others. I want to learn how to love myself.
Well, my life and the foreseeable future I was trying so hard to construct has not only disappeared
in front of my eyes, but it went up in violent flames. An in depth explanation on my life/career
lately can be watched here. I took
a new job so I could pay for a place to sleep. At first I felt like a sellout because I was changing
my focus and diverting my energy and time to a career that was not a creative one. But I quickly
checked myself. It was this or be homeless lmfao. However I refuse to complain, I got an incredible
job that’s going to bring a lot of opportunity I can’t even fathom yet. I just wish I could stop
spending so much time trying to survive so I could actually foster my creative ambitions. It’s
getting better though, and it is truly thrilling to be getting through to the other end of the
tunnel.
The new Lorde record came at a perfect time. There is nothing more cathartic than listening to
something that you can relate to, arrive when needed most.
TTFN, Landon.
Reflecting on the last year isn’t easy. It’s kind of jarring how much can happen in 365 days. I could write some this and that on my reflection. But you can watch/hear/feel that here. So, what now? I’ve hit the ground running, faster than ever. I’m not counting my eggs before they hatch because not once has that gone well, but, I’m pretty optimistic about the road ahead. Going into working independently on a local level. I’m not sure how everyone just gets a salary job right out of school, but it’s cool. If a door won’t open I’m going through the window. I recently just had the privilege of shooting my best friend’s first gig, and it really hit that, we are doing this and we are doing it on our own. Coming to appreciate what indie really means lol.
This moment right now is a full circle moment. Thinking about how growing up I would make “newsletters’ in Microsoft Publisher and email them to relatives (probably against their will). Then later in my teens when I made my own website that acted as a blog. Looking back, it was really lame and made with a free site creator. But in the moment, that moment, I was reeling in it. Unstoppable. The freedom I felt I had as I documented my early teens and created an image for myself, an ideal, about working in creative careers. I was met with many walls like not having the tools to create the things I wanted. But I persevered because it was all I could do. Not a single soul looked at the site other than myself and probably my mom like twice. But I was laying the groundwork since an early age. When I was even younger I would make little pretend businesses and make branding for them. But back to my point. This is the full circle moment. As I write on this site, that I made by HAND and not some site maker thing. I’m creating what I want exactly how I want. I’m sharing the thoughts in my head. The ideas. It feels really fulfilling to know I was able to make the things I felt were not possible over a decade ago.