The overwhelmingly prevailing interpersonal advice in navigating abuse culture revolves around two things: attempting to stay and heal your own abuser, or leaving. But when I was grappling with being verbally,

Hey gothy Seattle, did you know Gargoyles Statuary still exists? You should go check them out and support them soon. Also, once my albums arrive to them, not only will you periodically hear Autochthon

The day I left Seattle in 2015, with my expensive motorcycle that I still owed a few grand on hanging off the back on one of those horizontal motorcycle racks. This was before the tiedown straps rubbed

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This was an image from the first time I got stuck in the sand, in Ocala National Forest. I mean fucking seriously a sand-floored forest? STAY CLASSY FLORIDA. All joking aside, every time I've been stuck

My van usually looks something in between the pretty, staged images on my previous posts, and this. Generally, even when it's all clean and tidy in the back, it's because my front seats are piled with

Obligatory selfie stick selfie. P. S. I drug that stupid spare battery around in my stepwell for a friggen year only to find that I needed one with side prongs for my rig. I.. know a lot more about my

A pencil doodle that ended up the album cover for my patrons-only rehearsal CD "Serpentine". Check out my music at courtnee.bandcamp.com Steepshot | IPFS | Google Play

Upon rolling into NOLA during my first year of van life, I found that I did the opposite of what I had anticipated doing, and was paralyzed with fear. I was traveling alone, had performed rarely in the

As part of my first summer after hitting the road in the van, I played one of the main characters in the yearly story for Camp Half Blood, in addition to playing multiple small roles through the weeks

3d keyhole paintings inspired, by the research process in designing the keyhole tattoo I have behind my ear. Steepshot | IPFS | Google Play

Abstract acrylic instrument decoration Steepshot | IPFS | Google Play

One of my favorite business card images. Check out my music at courtnee.bandcamp.com Steepshot | IPFS | Google Play

Back when I had a private wellness/grief recovery/massage practice in Seattle, I toyed with the idea of incorporating personalized heart-stitching of some sort into the completion of my grief recovery

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inspired by the work of Lucas David Steepshot | IPFS | Google Play

After 6 months: The single most important aspect of traveling long term in a vehicle is having a comfortable place to sleep. People as a whole are simultaneously much cooler in general, and occasionally

Contrary to what advertising and social media trends would have you believe, most people who choose vanlife don't decide to go there because they've started with dual tech industry incomes and the ability

NOTE: I first wrote the below guidelines on a personal blog many years ago, and in the time since, I have again a mere fraction of the physical belongings I did then, now living most-time in a van (which