A screenshot of the moment "just another 9-5 business guy" realized he was an artist, a creative raised in a system to believe that art wasn't a real career. This image embodies my journey as an artist and represents the paradigm shift that is coming for the entire Financial system.

January 2018. This was five months before being laid off from an institution embodying the spirit of centralized greed and power - my art, which was just a hobby at the time, made the rounds at the office and made it onto the internal webpage for the entire firm.

I knew I had to screenshot this moment but had no idea this would represent such a critical turning point in my own life, as well as the monumental paradigm shift that it could potentially represent for all creatives stuck in the system...bred to think that their creative talents aren't worth pursuing.

I took my leap so that others could be inspired to follow.