Somewhere between a human and a glitch in the matrix, I was raised by an autistic mother who talks to the seaβ€”so really, me chatting with crows isn’t that weird. (Okay, sometimes ravens too. But they started it.)

My voice sits at a pleasant 16 Hz, which means you don’t so much hear me as feel me vibrating through your spine. I forget to change clothes until someone points out last week’s curry on this week’s shirt. I drink wine out of vaguely fancy glasses, obsess over microphones like they’re rare birds, and grew up loving Cars. The cartoon. Yes, that one. I don’t know either.

These days, I’m an artist who works with metal (see, not mental, but let’s not rule it out), with musical tastes ranging from Frank Sinatra to Slipknot, depending on the mood of the forge. If big band music’s playing, I might even almost tap my foot.

Aquarius sun, Gemini rising, permanently deadpan. It’s not a phaseβ€”it’s just my face.

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