I am OPTimist
I am not willing to be defined by a few words.
What I do is an embodied practice.
If you’re curious, keep reading.
If you’re in a rush, here’s the surface:
On the surface: I am a multidisciplinary artist, empirical polymath, writer, evolutionary astrologer, Bitcoiner, polyglot and freedom maximalist.
My philosophy integrates Eastern, ancestral, and cosmological traditions with psychological inquiries, praxeology, and Austrian economics—emphasizing liberty, value, resources, and self-worth in the quest for individual and societal service.
I’m also the author of The Nature of My Reality, a self-published book co-produced with Mari Budlong. It traces my journey from disempowerment to self-awareness, exploring economic systems, banking history, and their ties to political and ecclesiastical authority.
I am writing a second book, The Art of Synthesis: The Architecture of Value, a whimsical journey across time with visionaries who have shaped and provoked my imagination, where these dialogues occur.
Short Bio
Born in Bogotá, Colombia, I lived in Europe for eight years in my mid-20s, where I studied fashion design and photography. I then moved to New York City in 1994, where I developed my artistic and spiritual Taoist/Buddhist practice until the summer of 2020, when I escaped the matrix. I now live in Miami Beach.
I represented the Vatican Pavilion at the 2015 Venice Biennale, and in 2021 I was honored with the Civitella Ranieri Visual Arts Fellowship in Italy.
Since 2020, I have devoted myself to a deep dive into trauma, consciousness, sound resonance, Human Design, Austrian economics, common law, somatic practice, Nonviolent Communication, and circling and deepened my studies on Evolutionary Astrology and Jungian shadow work. I am not an academic; I have educated myself profoundly through direct transmissions from teachers, driven by an endless curiosity to learn, integrate, and embody.
My most recent public art projects include Vida at the Vida Public Health Building in San Antonio; Arcana, installed at the University of Washington’s Interdisciplinary Engineering Building; Ouranos, Above Us Only Sky for MTA Arts & Design at Grand Central Madison in NYC; LIMINAL at St. Paul International Airport; and Unus Mundus at the East Boston Police Headquarters.
Other significant works include An Interval of Time (2020) for the Landmarks Public Art Program at the University of Texas at Austin and Duration (2017) for MTA Arts & Design at Prospect Avenue Subway Station in Brooklyn, NY.
Mantras
• The only revolution is to be one’s self •
• Everything I need is in my body •
• We are the architects of time •
• My essence is to connect, communicate, and inspire other beings to be authentic •
What This Blog Is For
This space serves as an inner dialogue—a reflection that may resonate with you, dear reader.
I draw from Evolutionary Astrology, psychology, ancestral traditions, sound, and economics—threads that shape how I listen, create, and remember.
Connect:
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