Create Something New Today!
I'm Chad & I make things.
I’m based in Southwest Virginia, where I run a used bookshop, fill notebooks, and make pictures of the people and places I encounter — mostly in the mountains and small towns nearby.
It’s all the same project: slowing down enough to notice ordinary life, then trying to make something out of it.
My Work
Most of what I share online is about journaling — how to do it, why it matters, what it does to a person over time. I write and make videos about analog tools, paying attention, and getting your mind quiet enough to hear yourself. The audience is mostly those of us trying to think more clearly and live a little slower.
My Practice
Photography is one way of paying attention. Journaling is another. So is running a bookshop, and so is karate.
Different mediums, same thing. The photographs and notebook entries that work are usually the ones I made when I wasn't trying too hard.