Why Do You Exist? (Second Edition) is an artist book (aka, my origin story) that begins in January of 2017 when I was nearing college graduation and had little idea what I wanted to do with my life. I was questioning the standard path our society laid out before me. I was questioning my identity, and my existence. I was questioning everything.

During this period, I realized that I had never given myself space from my friends and family’s influences. I realized that I wasn’t being true to myself. I realized that I didn’t even know my true self. So, I did what I would do, if I only had a year to live.

I sold 70% of my belongings and moved onto my bike. Behind my bike, was a trailer, gear, a surfboard, the words “Why do you exist?,” and a dream to teach myself how to surf while biking down the entire west coast of the U.S.. While I was pedaling south on the 101, surfing the pacific, and listening to strangers from around the world answer my question, I found a side of myself I never knew existed.

Inside the book you’ll find my raw journal entries, portraits of the people I met, and photos of the sights I saw.

Colophon

• Editing by August Schield

• Contributing Photography by Alex Colorito, Mitch Kirby, Ben Cole & Daniel Wilczek

• Copyediting & Proofing by James Gallagher

• Book Design, Text & Principal Photography by Kory Kirby

• 7 x 10”

• Perfect Bound Paperback

• 4-Color Cover on 12 pt C1S White Stock w/ Matte Soft-touch Lamination, Bleeds, Prints Two Sides

• Premium 4-Color on 100# White Lynx Opaque Ultra Smooth 

• 106 Total Pages

• Text Set in Charter 9/11

• Printed & Bound in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by Bookmobile

• ISBN 978-1-7342931-1-1

• Little Cabin Press (January 2020)