2025 12 07

A fresh start (after a horrific incident). Chicago, Illinois. December, 2022. © Clayton Hauck

My life, lately, feels like this patch of earth. Previous structures I spent years building up have largely crumbled and been replaced with new concepts and ideas, which I am now building up from the cleared rubble of my previous endeavors. I was thinking on my walk to the studio this morning about how things are the hardest they’ve been in my entire adult life, yet I’m probably the happiest I’ve been in my entire adult life. This may sound strange, and I haven’t fully analyzed why this is the case (been too busy for that!), but in the coming weeks I hope to spend more time pondering and writing about this reality (been neglecting this here blog lately). My gut take is that I’m content when I’m working on challenging tasks that I enjoy, and less time stewing on things I can’t control (news, geopolitics, weather).

-Clayton