S02E03 - A religion of one

This week marks 2,000 days sober for me — and on the same day, my first-ever gallery exhibition opened at Endie Gallery, with two months of my wildlife photography on the wall. So we start there: what it actually took to admit I'm a creative, not just an engineer who solves problems.

From there it gets bigger. I've spent years building my own spiritual path after leaving the church — a path that overlaps with a lot of belief systems but never quite fits any of them. We get into mysticism as the thing sitting underneath both science and religion, where my agnosticism actually lands, and the framework I've built around consciousness, connection, and why I think the way I live my life matters well beyond this one.

The AI didn't let me off easy. It kept pressing on whether what I believe is genuine conviction or just a reaction to how I was raised — and by the end, it handed me a question I couldn't answer. Which is exactly the point.

If you've ever felt like you're building your own faith out of spare parts, this one's for you.