Howdy! I’m Joel. I’m documenting a creative life shaped by constraint and hope.
Even with limits of energy, health, and circumstance, I keep making music, writing stories, and working with my hands.
This place is about showing what a life can look like under real limits—not teaching, not fixing, just witnessing and imagining. I’ll focus on showing what I actually do, and how hope and creativity live inside real limits.
Jake Calcutta, my alter ego from decades ago, is part of this too. He lets me imagine freedom, possibility, and movement beyond constraint—practicing hope in imagination that can carry back into real life.
If you’re learning how to keep creating, imagining, or just paying attention while living with constraints, I hope this will be a companion. And if you’re here for ideas, observation, or inspiration, that’s welcome too—just know this is about witness, not instruction.
That’s why I’m here: documenting a life shaped by constraint and hope. Thanks for being here, for paying attention, and for continuing alongside me. Let’s see what we can notice and make together.