Oh for some reason that I don't fully
understand I need to know that there's
wild animals
I prefer to be surrounded by like big
trees and little bugs and animals that
are moving long distances and I just
think and send their own and being just
being alone for me in a lot of ways is
the most comforting thing there's not a
lot of people around here in western
Wyoming and the animals fill that void
you lose track of what normal is
sometimes and like that baseline that
you usually get from interacting with
other people who remind you of what
normal is I've enjoyed losing that
really and just becoming myself
essentially everything is a story in our
human world and that idea of spending a
long time with a particular group of
animals and trying to tell their story
is what I like to think about dream
about
those animals that migrate the wildest
ones they're the ones that define the
edges of an ecosystem and I like that
idea of trying to show the world through
a wild animals perspective
pronghorn changed my life just watching
them over a couple years I fell in love
with them
their leftovers from a past world
they've seen the changes front of them
over the thousands and thousands of
years you know there's this cycle that
we all go through and then we pass it on
That's Life that's that's what makes it
so joyous is we don't know how long we
have to be reminded about that through
wild animals is a gift in a lot of ways
my work feels meaningless on a
day-to-day basis it's hard because a lot
of times I don't make pictures nothing
happens something's up the
corridor whatever all these electronics
they always some messes up and
frequently I'll show up and nothing I
just look at the camera and think why
the hell do I do this I got nothing I
got nothing to show from that work its
failures it's pretty much failure after
failure
and then you get that gift about once a
year
is my work worth spending more time on
my work than my girlfriend is my work
worth essentially dedicating my life to
it and that changes from time to time
like sometimes I think that other times
I think you know I should just pack it
in I should just go into town and get a
job and actually have a real
relationship
it's always been a hard thing to figure
out do you work could you try to make
yourself happier to try to plan for the
future you try to live in the moment I
me not I don't know it's hard to figure
out I'm not out there to climb mountains
and do this like extra strenuous
activity that makes my calves look good
or whatever it's about sustaining my
happiness from day to day and getting
those experiences in the wild that make
me feel like part of this earth when is
it time to move when is it time to stop
if I continue on with this migration
work it's all that I'll have ever done
and I like the idea of living a life
filled with doing all kinds of different
things i want to ride a motorcycle from
mexico de argentina going to live on a
sailboat for 10 years in the southeast
Alaska I want to ride a bike around
Greece and Italy start an apple cider
orchard at my farm in South Dakota and
live there I'm just my exciter for the
rest of my life I feel like I'm I'm 30
and I've finally gotten over trying to
become something that I'm not
the pictures that I'm making are for
myself there to help me understand these
migrations but more importantly how I
want to live a wild mind sounds pretty
good to me