Before she quit her job, I would pin the number of coffees Lindsey Hampton made me at 1,000.
Brewing the first, Lindsey had bleached hair, un-prescribed glasses and a stack of aspirations in graphic design. We talked about them. She invited me to a drawing party at her place, and tactfully implied that it wasn't a date.
Brewing the 1,000th, Lindsey had become art director of Discorder, occasionally touring the west coast as half of Friendship & The Fawn. She was getting out of the daily grind, pun intended. Her hair was its natural brown, and she didn't mind the world knowing her vision is 20/20.
So Lindsey left me in the cafe to pursue those aspirations. Now she's a freelance graphic designer, and does not look impoverished. She continues womanning the helm of Discorder, not to mention fulfilling a full-time's wage worth of projects she's too busy to relate to me. No telephone pole goes un-pasted with one of Lindsey's posters; she's subliminally responsible for more ticket sales than anyone in Vancouver.
I miss Lindsey these days. I'm still sitting here. I know she's happy and successful - no hard feelings. But who knows what could've happened at coffee 2,000?
- Micheal LaPointe
The Proof
01 my studio space. a little tidier than usual.
02 lynn river. I've been going here a lot lately, it's so close but feels like your forever away.
03 favourite mug, stumptown beans, pink lady apple.
04 a shelf of important tools, and a years worth of pencil shavings.
05 weekend adventure crew. attempting a new place every sunday.
06 my west facing window.
07 the town i grew up in (courtenay, bc)
08 a dog named olive.
The Questions
What neighborhood do you live in?
mount pleasant, right beside the clock.
What do you do and where?
graphic design, mostly for discorder magazine, sealed with a kiss and msh sessions, but also random freelance projects, illustration for whatever and a folk band.
What are you working on?
jancember issue of discorder magazine.
a few posters. growing my hair long. a zine i might never finish.
Where can we find your work?
telephone poles, news stands, the internet, the odd wheat pasted dumpster.
an often updated blog - everythingiseasy.tumblr.com
