Thoughtful conversations with the people of Maine

If you sit down with somebody who is an alcoholic or an addict and you talk to them about what happened, how did this happen, you're going to find that some of the stuff that leads to the development of a substance use disorder is just awful. People growing up in families where they really didn't have a chance, a lot of them are exposed to this at an early age.

I was fired and at the time that was like the worst thing that could have happened. But it was good because it was actually the best thing that happened. I decided that, well, actually, I'm gonna start painting cuz I know how to paint.

When I went through architecture school, everything was still hand drafting, hand drawing. Architecture in practice is a lot different than architecture in school. For one thing, there are no clients in school.