The Creative Independent

I am going to introduce you by identifying some of your primary roles: publisher, editor, book designer, writer, chainmaille artist, event organizer. It’s taken me time to call myself a writer. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t, depending on the context. Is self-definition fraught for you? Does it feel contextual?

I have a difficult time defining the ...

After you put out Girl with Fish, but before you toured it, you went on hiatus due to the pressure of the attention, but eventually, you came back. How did you know it was time to put out another album?

Lydia Slocum (lead vocals, bass): We looked at the computer one day and realized we had six songs we could use, because we thought we co...

You’ve released your solo albums roughly four to five years apart. Is that a function of your natural creative pacing as a songwriter, or is it more of a function of, you’re also doing a lot of production work for other folks?

I have a natural alternating [cadence] between working on my own project and working on projects where I’m an outside producer...

Who is your current best friend, plant-wise? Is it different from the plant you reach for first thing in the morning? Is it a hot new crush that’s grabbed your eye and piqued your interest? Is it unique to where you’re currently at in Costa Rica?

My current best friend… who are you? God, I have a really good crew so it’s hard to choose. I’m looking at...

As a multidisciplinary artist who spends a lot of time in imagined spaces, what draws you to documentary, which is so deeply rooted in reality?

I don’t consider myself a documentarian, so to speak. For me, all of my projects begin without form as ideas in search of form. I have always thought that art is the space for which we can attack and begin to ...