a/r/tography

I interpret a/r/tography as a practice-based research methodology that engages with the blended process of art making and creative writing with and as an autoethnographic and constructivist approach to explore, evoke, and unearth memories and stories inhabited within experiential narratives.

Currently, my approach to a/r/tography in the projects, Field Notes and Field Matrix, is of a reflexive process that is inspired by the theoretical frameworks of phenomenology and hermeneutics to describe, and subsequently examine, the meanings of lived and endured experiences in military basic training. A/r/tographically, I have and will further involve art making processes of printmaking, photo collage, and painting that is woven with poetry.

Project Title:
Field Notes (

Project Mediums:
Linocut Printmaking and Poetry

Progress:
Sketches created and awaiting finalization; poems written

Goals:
Conference presentations (2026), publication submission (2026), exhibition (2026-2027).

The Mega

the Mega morning after party
under his watchful eye
hosted by yours truly
the unwavering zombie operators
of the Alpha Division
School of Fish

suffer in silence
urgently
they say
for you shall play
the roulette of sanctioned suffering
because
no pain, no fun
PT

dear Corporate Corporals
your laptop bags
and combat boots
need not find glory
at our morning PT
Forest of Fish

for a time
there was an otherworldly love
conceived by the currency of cohesion
halving hearts and
soldering comrades
tragically entrenched
in a plane of cordial companionship
Field Work

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Bootstrap

stand on guard for thee
stand on guard for thee
stand on guard for thee
stand on guard for thee
Camo

when Fighting Spirit
professed by Profession of Arms
is outwritten
by Warrior Spirit
authored by Divine Intervention

In Motion.

Currently, this project drafted through digital sketches.
The process of linocut printing will be produced after sketches are finalized.

In Print.

Carbon collected from C7 and C8 rifles will be infused into the printmaking ink used for the linocut prints.

This element of ink making is an ode to project’s military context and the stories and memories that surround the coming of age of military members in the Canadian Armed Forces.
The process of ink making will take place after the project’s sketches are finalized and when the linocut plates are created. This will ensure that the correct amount of carbon is collected to help produce the ink for printmaking.

a/r/tography

A/r/tography generally subscribes the artist/researcher/teacher engaged in self-inquiry. This study welcomes military members that wholly engage with their BMT journeys as introspective inquiries that are curated artistically, critically, and with the spirit of reciprocating their knowledge as educational resources and gifts to others.

Project Title:
Field Matrix

Project Mediums:
Photo Collage Paintings

Progress:
Sketches created and awaiting finalization; poems pending

Goals:
Conference presentations (2026), publication submission (2026), exhibition (2026-2027).