Hi, I’m Erik.

I’m someone who has always been deeply curious about life. I’m drawn to the big questions, to art and music, to the quiet moments that make you stop and feel the mystery of being here. I live in the Pacific Northwest, where mist, trees, and long stretches of gray invite reflection and imagination. Nature has always been a place where I can breathe and remember what matters.

My inner life has been shaped by intensity. From an early age, I lived with fear, sensitivity, and a strong awareness of mortality. I also carried a deep sense of aliveness, a pull toward creativity, play, and connection, even when things were hard. Over time, that intensity moved through periods of anxiety, depression, and feeling lost, but it also opened me to depth, compassion, and a longing for meaning.

In my early adulthood, something shifted. I began to sense that there was more to me than my thoughts and emotions, that there was a quieter awareness underneath it all. That realization didn’t make life easier overnight, but it changed how I related to my experience. Pain became something I could meet rather than escape, and confusion became part of a larger unfolding rather than a personal failure.

Today, I’m involved in several creative and community-based spaces. I serve as a member of the Steering Committee for the Association for the Advancement of Psychosynthesis, and and I lead events and groups at the Helios Event Center in Washington. I’m engaged in, collaborative projects, and artistic expression that explore what it means to grow, heal, and belong together. Creativity and relationship are central to how I stay connected to life.

I’m fascinated by how humans grow, how suffering shapes us, and how creativity and love persist even in difficult conditions. I care deeply about authenticity, about staying close to what feels real, and about living in a way that honors both the fragility and the beauty of being human.

I don’t experience my life as a finished story. It feels more like an ongoing conversation with the world, one that includes struggle, wonder, humor, and grace. I’m still learning how to be with myself, with others, and with the larger mystery we’re all part of. And I feel grateful to be here, participating in that learning.