I think I got a little weird with this one. But there was a narrative that came out of it, something about ecstasy in both senses. The literal feeling, but also that natural high that comes from these emotional moments that only exist in your head. They’re not real in any tangible way, but they feel real to you. Like avatars of things you experience daily, just amplified.

I was taking a lot from David Bowie and this spaceman starman archetype that goes on this odyssey, except the odyssey is internal. That’s what I was experiencing while putting it together.

It was the beginning of something for me. A self-awareness about my own mind, what I actually cared about, and how I wanted to make myself feel moving forward. Less reacting to things and more intentionally shaping my internal landscape.

I shot this in Phoenix with a lot of my friends. I worked with two photographers on it, John Gomez and Dylan Kessler. Both brought their own perspective that made the whole thing feel richer.

It’s harder to explain than the other projects because it was more abstract, more about feeling than concept. But that’s kind of the point.