Altitude

For twenty-five years I saw the world from above.

From altitude, borders dissolve. Rivers move through the land without interruption. Landscapes extend continuously, one into another. Distance has a way of simplifying things. It reduces conflict to pattern and reveals how connected the earth really is.

Up there, the differences that feel so large on the ground begin to fall away. The land doesn’t recognize ownership. The ocean doesn’t acknowledge division. From 35,000 feet, we are not fragments, we are part of the same surface, the same system, sharing the same space.

When I left flying and moved into art, I thought I was changing direction. But I’ve come to realize I wasn’t really leaving that perspective behind. I was bringing it with me.

I’m not entirely sure where this road is going yet, and I don’t want to box myself in. But I keep coming back to the same idea, what happens when you step back far enough that everything begins to feel connected.

I think a lot about how we divide things, land, space, even each other. And how small those divisions can feel from a distance, compared to what connects us.

This blog is a place to work through those ideas. Not finished thoughts, but reflections as the work develops.

From cockpit to canvas, I’m still exploring what altitude reveals, and how to bring that perspective back down.