2 years of my life

NEXT TO ME

Dear readers,
Happy Easter. It is the time of year where we can bloom from the darkness. Winter is gone and the sun in the sky is starting to warm up our skin. As I begin to walk the walk of this newer version of me,

NEVER ENOUGH

Dear readers,

4 years. 4 years on this clouded path of hell. Man oh man have I been so down lately. I feel like it is time to open up with you all. I am not well. I am not well. I am not well. For starters this week I had a pre opt for my 6th eye surgery, yes I said 6th.

MAYBE I'M AMAZED
(A TRIBUTE TO THE FIFTY SHADES SAGA)

Dear readers,
Why in the world would I talk about the Fifty Shades saga? Well, I myself could not believe how much I grew to love the books, films, and music over the past 5 years. I was working on my last record “Let The Music Be Your Guide”...

WHO AM I
(FEAT. DANIEL WELLINGTON)

Dear readers,
We are 3 weeks into the new year and I must say I feel like I have accomplished nothing whatsoever. Why would I say that? Well for starters, I started out the year not feeling well, felt healthy for a hot second...

HAPPY CHRISTMAS
(WAR IS OVER)

Dear readers,
Happy Christmas. Another year is over and it's time to turn the page to the next chapters of our lives. I honestly feel this past year has gone by at the speed of lighting. So much happened and it feels like it was all a second ago.

IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS (FEAT. DANIEL WELLINGTON)

Dear readers,
It's finally December, the last month of the year to try and be the happiest version of ourselves. Christmas is my favorite time...

NOTHING WITHOUT YOU

Dear readers,
Sometimes people come in your life for a reason. Sometimes they stay, sometimes they leave, sometimes they come back if they are meant to be. I find it very meta that someone like me who grew up with so many people in my life, to loose them in my high school years, spend a significant amount of time...

THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN (FEAT. MAHI LEATHER)

Dear readers,
5 years ago on October 16, 2012, I moved to LA. A few weeks ago I was approached by Mahi Leather to collaborate and make one of their classic bags apart of my story...

PARADISE
(FEAT. DEAD SOXY)

Dear readers,
Paradise, why am I talking about paradise? Just a few more days to go until Summer is officially over. Since you all know me by now, you know I love to include...

FEELS
(FEAT. GOT2BEGLUED)

Dear readers,
Summer is almost over. 4 more weeks to go and 4 more pages of this chapter to be told. Feels, i'm feeling the feels as another summer winds down. Life can be incredibly stressful, we are constantly tested. We go through phases and build up layers of our heart and soul. When we look back we reflect...

CARRY ON, SAN VICENTE

Dear readers,
Looking out at the water and feeling the sunshine along my face, it's something I can't describe, you have to feel it for yourself. I didn't think I would have some sort of spiritual connection with myself shooting this outfit, when Living Royal...

THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND

Dear readers,
Happy Fourth Of July! I can't believe we are 7 months into the year. 5 more months to go and 2017 will be a thing of the past. Every year when Fourth Of July comes around...

THE MIDDLE
(FEAT. HAPPY SOCKS)

Dear readers,
Today we come to a conclusion of the first chapter of this second book, a book of letters, stories, and memorable pieces that described who I am, and who I was in the moment. We also say farewell to spring and the lessons I learned as the flowers bloomed. ife has a way of working and things can really get poetic. And by poetic I mean...

I FEEL IT COMING
(FEAT. HAPPY SOCKS)

Dear readers,
You ever feel like life is just a pattern, like the patterns you see on your socks, or on my socks. We are living in a world where the circle of life is in constant rotation...

SURRENDER

Dear readers,
I'm Dom. It's nice to reintroduce myself to all of you. This is a fresh take on this ongoing coming of age story. This is the chapter that I let down all my walls. I've been letting them down but now i'm taking the wrecking ball to the perception of me and creating something new.

LOVE ME TENDER
(FEAT. FRESHLY)

Dear readers,

As I sit here and type this I have a new perspective of love and everything in between. My relationship has had it’s fair share of up’s and downs. Lately a lot of downs have been hitting me. On top of that I haven’t been...

I WON'T BACK DOWN

Dear readers,
January. January has many different meanings to a lot of people in this world. For me it was always the first month of the year and a sense of readjustment. Then I got diagnosed with Glaucoma in 2014. It took on a whole new meaning once 2015 came around. January is national Glaucoma awareness month.

CHRISTMAS TIME,
THE ONES I LOVE
(FEAT. HAPPY SOCKS)

Dear readers,
It's Christmas week. One of the most beautiful and memorable weeks of the year. It's finally time to wrap the last of the presents, prep the big dinners, put up the last of the lights, and celebrate the...

I WILL FIND YOU
(FEAT. HAPPY SOCKS)

Dear readers,
You sit back and realize how fast 10 years has past. You look back at your former self and ask who was I then? I'm trying to step back into that mindset at this moment. This week on December 7,2017...

YELLOW SUBMARINE
(FEAT. HAPPY SOCKS)

Dear readers,
We all wish we can run from our problems, sail away in a yellow submarine from your childhood, escape, stay and wish that things would never change. Page upon page, layers and depth are added to the story of lives. Over the summer I was approached by Happy Socks to continue our collaboration..

LEAVES THAT ARE GREEN (FEAT. DEAD SOXY)

Dear readers,
The heat is gone and the chilliness has returned. Gone are the waves that cleanse our souls and here are the leaves transitioning into beautiful colors before our eyes. What I love about...

SAFE & SOUND (FEAT. STAND 4 SOCKS)

Dear readers,
Throughout this whole story i’ve talked about finding yourself, loosing yourself, rebuilding, loss, acceptance, love, and life in general. These are themes an...

HIDEAWAY
(FEAT. ZENDO)

Dear readers,
Hideaway, doesn't that sound nice sometimes? Sometimes we get so occupied and inthralled with our lives that we start to loose a bit of who we are. Sometimes something unexpected and terrible happens and we have to step away to gather ourselves and pick up the broken pieces.

MR BLUE SKY

Dear readers,
Blue, it can be a sad color, it can make you feel lukewarm, or it can make you feel relieved. I always thought of blue as a color than can make you feel various mixed emotions. Blue was my favorite color growing up. It's still one of them

PEOPLE
(FEAT. BOOHOOMAN)

Dear readers,
People, today let's talk about people. 2 weeks ago I was approached by boohooman to collaborate on a look for their new tailored collection. When I received the pieces in the...

YOU'RE GONNA LIVE FOREVER IN ME
(FEAT. HAPPY SOCKS)

Dear readers,
This week I wanted to do some personal reflection and honor some of my loved ones lost along the way. I included an "in loving memory" before I started writing this letter, but did not include all names. If I did it would be it's own paragraph. Through my 22 years here on this earth, I am all too familiar with...

CHANGING

Dear readers,
It's May, It's my birth month and it's my birth week. I sit here and reflect on the last 22 years of my life what I have done, what i have failed to do, and what I have yet to do. Every year as my birthday creeps up on me...

HOW GREAT THOU ART

Hello Everyone, Happy Easter. I hope you all had a great Holy Week. Easter, just like Christmas, is a time of reflection. We look back and think of our sins and why Jesus died for us on that cross....

THE BEAT GOES ON (FEAT. HAPPY SOCKS)

Hello everyone! Happy weekend! I hope your week has been great! I've been trying my best to keep myself composed and sane. Before all the events of my first post from earlier this week...

SAILBOAT (FEAT. HAPPY SOCKS)

Dear readers,

The idea of a sailboat is so beautiful. Why? Because for a moment in time you can venture out into the water and let the wind guide you to unknown places. When I shot this look I originally thought it was going to be...

TO LOVE SOMEBODY
(FEAT. EXPRESS)

Dear readers,
I set goals for myself to go out into this world and do everything with love. One of my main goals in life is to experience love in all ways and share the love I receive with a world that truly needs a little more. Through my whole journey every up and down has been filled with love.

LET IT GO
(FEAT. DANIEL WELLINGTON)

Dear readers,
2017 is finally behind us. I am very thrilled about this. As you know from the past 4 chapters, things were not so easy for myself and my family in 2017. I obviously wasn't the biggest fan of 17, I don't think 17 liked me and my family very much as well.

NOTHIN BUT STAR WARS (FEAT. OPPO SUITS)

Dear readers,
A long time ago in a galaxy far far away a film called Star Wars: A New Hope was released. Here we are in modern times and we are still visiting that famous galaxy. As you know, I may not look like it..

FLICKER
(FEAT. OUT MAGAZINE)

Dear readers,

Isn’t something when your writing the story of your life in real time and you think it’s going to go one way but it ends up going down a completely different path...

I WAS YOUNG WHEN I LEFT HOME (FEAT. DEAD SOXY)

Dear readers,
5 years have come and gone. I stepped away from the other side of town to a city where dreams are made or broken. As I reflect on the path I chose to travel on at 17, i’m lead to my current stop at 22. Who would have thought I would move to LA, live there 9 months...

BETTER DAYS
(FEAT. GOT2BEGLUED)

Dear readers,
Summer has come to an end. It's so strange and interesting how 3 and a half months can fly by so fast. 3 months ago I started a new chapter searching for my "Malibu", talking about the "people" around us on a "land made for you and me"...

THIS LOVE

Dear readers,
Love, what does love really mean? It’s a topic that I want to start talking about more. Love is patient, love is kind, love brings out the best in us… it also brings out the worst in us...

SUMMER NIGHTS
(FEAT. STAND 4 SOCKS)

Dear readers,
Finally I feel like I can have my Danny Zuko moment in the midst of summer. This past June I was approached by an amazing brand called Stand 4 Socks. Each of their unique socks help give back and are linked to a specific United Nations global goal

PARADISE(FEAT. DEAD SOXY)

PARADISE
(FEAT. DEAD SOXY)