CREATING THE EP COVER

CREATING WORLDS AND HAPPY ACCIDENTS

I had this grand plan. I was going to wander the streets of Baltimore, camera in hand, hunting for the perfect image to match the tone of my new track. Only one problem—I didn’t actually have a title for the song yet. Minor detail. But I figured the right visuals might help everything fall into place.

Then, in true dramatic fashion, the universe intervened. A massive snowstorm hit. Not just a light dusting—full-on, stay-inside, rethink-your-life-choices levels of snow. So much for my city adventure.

Defeated but still in search of inspiration, I looked out into my backyard after the storm had passed. And that’s when I saw it—the moonlight stretching across the untouched snow, casting these eerie, otherworldly shadows. For a second, it didn’t even look like Earth, let alone Baltimore. More like the surface of the moon.

And suddenly, I had everything I needed. The song. The title. The EP cover. The storm that ruined my plan had actually given me the answer.

That’s what I love about the creative process—you can map things out all you want, but sometimes the best ideas come when your original plan gets completely wrecked. Stay open, pay attention, and embrace the happy accidents. To quote Brian Eno “Art doesn’t have to be about “truth”; it’s about generating emotional experiences that might not otherwise exist.”

Here are a few shots from that night, plus the final album cover. Sometimes the best inspiration is right in front of you—you just have to notice it.

P.S. Speaking of Baltimore and photography, check out Micheal Wriston’s Ten Minute Exposure. His late night-long exposure-images of Baltimore are fantastic… eerie, lonely, and stark.

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