Endurance.

One of the things I wanted to do with Facet was to create a space where people could reach out and let others know that they’re thought of.

We live our lives and go through our routines, and in going through them we see images, touch objects, and hear sounds and music that reminds us of other people. Looking at my room, I can see that the influence of other people peeking out from the things around me:

• a water container from Kat at HITS boxing

• a wallet 3D printed by my buddy Steve

• stickers from my wife

• a canvas print of Steamboat Springs from my brother

• a ruler from ID school at Georgia Tech that reminds me of Cheng, Ron, Thom, and more

• a guitar from Norse that he bought me after he broke my other one

• a print of the Falkirk Wheel that recalls John and Kelli

• I’m listening to a song that I wouldn’t be hearing without Mindy

• a stuffed duck that was given to us by a kind manager at the Kindly Hotel in Zurich

And this is a small sample just glancing around the room. I’m inundated daily with the memories of other people and they aren’t just a part of me, they’re how I became who I am.

BUT they don’t know that I’m thinking of them.

I wanted a way to encapsulate and place these memories in time so that the people that helped create them knew that they were still with me. They are with me, they are thought of, they endure.