It's time for me to create something Great.

And I’ll need your help to do it.

Between my late teens and early twenties, I wrote, produced, and released six albums. I toured internationally. I had fans all over the world who told me how much my music meant to them, songs on some of the biggest Spotify playlists, and a semifinalist placement in the International Songwriting Competition.

I did all of this while severely chronically ill and suicidal.

When I was twenty-seven, I relinquished all of my possessions and traveled the world in search of the healing no one had been able to offer me.

I chose to be homeless rather than compromise on my soul's calling.

I've been in line at soup kitchens.

I've sat with beggars on street corners

I've knocked on strangers' doors and listened to their stories.

I went months without knowing where my next meal would come from, and years without knowing where I'd rest my head for the night.

I've lived in a tent behind a cathedral in France, and performed on the streets during the day.

I've lived on a small island off the coast of Scotland with no clocks and no wifi.

I've wandered Ireland on foot, in an effort to connect with the old Bardic tradition.

I've befriended saints and charlatans, beggars and billionaires.

I'm now the healthiest and happiest I've ever been. But the story of what it took to get here has never been told, and it will demand a long period of deep and devoted work, without interruption.

The money I'm asking for here is the bare minimum I'll require to have my needs met for six months of uninterrupted creative time.

Thank you, sincerely, for helping to make "crux | fiction "

a reality.

Thank you for believing in me.

Bless,

J