I'm an artist/scientist looking for the aqua regia to turn my leaden existence into gold. The right mixture of alchemical reagants, titrated with exacting care through every stage to transform my Museless existence as if by the lapis philosophorum. Can the components of my self combined with the components of your self create this reaction, where even the most base of things can be transmuted to gold and where we can gain a sense of immortality through our conjoining thus proving the philosphers stone is a state of being between two people?

I spend my days surrounded by priceless works of art from many cultures, but heavily drawn from the Renaissance. It feeds my soul in many ways to be so intimate with them, to care for them so they may continue to inspire the thousands of people who visit them. I sometimes feel like the magician behind the curtain. If my job is done well there's no trace I was there in the first place.

My toilings criss cross between science and art and often are one in the same allowing me a multitude of opportunities to express my own subtle creativity through (occasionally) clever solutions to simple and complex problems.

I am quite pleased with my career and I am thankful to do what I do where I do it.

Art and science permeate my private world as well as I try and make time and outlets for my interests through creating works of art or at least creating ideas of works of art. I also enjoy reading about the various applications of science and research and dreaming up ways to connect ones that resonate with me to my personal works.

My personal time feels constantly impinged upon by the shared global hallucination that pieces of paper with value placed on them are our collective measure of worth. To this end, I do work a second job that eats away at my reserves of wonderment that my full time employment provides me; however, the nature of my second work is blessedly non taxing for the most part, consistent to the point of being reliable income and only part time.

I've not found a way to meaningfully break away from the processes by which we almost all show up daily to perform a series of tasks that rewards us with numbers being added to other numbers weekly or bi-weekly so we can trade those numbers in for things in the physical world. I've always dreamed about going about it in different way but for now I settle for being blessed to have not one but two jobs and some level of financial security and the ability to easily meet the basic needs one has.

My Humor is Melancholic. My Myers Briggs is INFP.

I often find great joy in the simple things, like scents carried on the wind. The feeling of the heat of the sun on your face turning to tiny icicles as you move to the shade. Sounds of both the 'natural' world as well as the sounds we impose upon it with our human activities.

I enjoy spending my time outdoors in nature. I like to wander though I'm not opposed to having a goal like reaching a point of interest on a hike. I enjoy taking time to stop and be still and see if nature will go back to doing it's thing and ignore me so I can just observe. If I can, I'll often have my camera with me to capture more candid moments. Hiking, biking and kayaking are all modes by which I can enjoy the recharging nature of nature.

I'm most happy outdoors doing something to enjoy nature, exploring locations and popping in to interesting shops whether they be thrift/antique or just local, at local coffee shops/breweries enjoying libations and company or at home spending quite actively together (playing a game, cooking, working on a project) or passively (watching a movie/TV show, being near each other reading different books or otherwise enjoying private hobbies).

I'm passionate about humans rights and equality whether that be gender equality in the workforce for wages, black lives matter movement, LGBTQIA, religion... I think the focus can be too much on what seperates us and finding ways to villainize those traits when we reconcile them against the values we've been taught and they don't line up perfectly. Even if another person's freedoms they're trying to exercise have zero negative consequences to those being offended.

I'm passionate about climate change and the environment and try to make daily decisions that limit my impact. I recently discovered that 'biodegradable' bags are actually not that great and it's more of a marketing thing than any sort of environmental thing. I'd love to live in a house/building someday that is built 'green' with solar/wind and a big 'ol composter for growing veggies and of course the chickens.

Despite what I feel my alchemical introduction might imply, I'm not looking for someone to complete me as a person. I'm looking for a complete person to compliment my life. I think there's a fundamental difference and I'm trying to actively make that change this time around.

I'm sure I would find anyone intrigued by this equally intriguing so please feel free to message me. Physical attraction is important to me, so I've included a couple photos of myself for your benefit. It would be nice to know what you look like as well, but I won't demand one up front.

The pic above is of me cleaned up for an event and this is me at work.