Endless hallways…
Read this if you like fools that ramble on aimlessly
- Who I Am
I’m Hallway. I am an artist that likes to write poetry, draw, dance, photograph, shoot video, cook, and design games. As of early 2026, I am 43 years old. I like to say elder millennial. I love the 80s and 90s. Cassette tapes and walkmans, a clear plastic house phone, using a map, going to the store, jnco jeans and raves, playing outside and skateboarding with my friends. Looking forward to the next renaissance.
- What This Blog Is About
This blog is about me and my art. I don’t use social media so I wanted a place where I could point people to if they wanted to see more of my work or peer into my mind for a short while. I hope you find it peaceful and hopefully inspiring.
- My Story
I was born two months premature. My mother said that I was the size of her hand. An incubator kept me alive with a large block of ice that sat on top of it, brought by my father each day that summer. The Philippines was my first home. I grew up without my dad but we have a great relationship now. My mom raised me and we were very close. There were many step-dads and most of them weren’t great. Left the Philippines when I was 6 and moved to Alabama, Georgia, Florida, West Virginia, California and then England in a small hamlet then eventually on an Air Force base.
Then it was North Carolina, South Carolina, a small town in California that I call my hometown, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Seattle, Philadelphia, Northern PA. Hawaii is where I started raving but most of the raves I went to were in SoCal.
While I was in Vegas I had a job as a nightclub promoter and then had a job where I flew all over the USA and worked in casinos. That was really fun.
In Seattle, I worked for Amazon and with the money I made I ran a free photo studio in SoDo for a couple years. Most of my portraits are from that time. I’ve had many great best friends that really helped me survive through it all.
I’m a survivor and recovering. Mental health is a constant struggle but things are getting better. My mom died 9 years ago and it really wrecked me for many years and I’m finally coming out of the haze. I used to live in a tiny house. I’ve been married twice and divorced twice. Physical disability was an issue for a couple years and it took me out of work and into the madness of being trapped in my body and my own mind. I had bad shit happen to me and really I just want to live like I don’t have to think about it at all. I also had really amazing things happen to me and I hope to share those stories.
The turning point was when I was breaking up with the last person I was married to and started therapy because I wanted to try to stay alive. It’s been 5 years and I have an art therapist that listens to my poetry and inclines me to draw the things I am thinking about. That has really changed my art.
Poetry has always been a part of me since I was young but these past two years has been a really consistent stream of new writing. I am part of a really great poetry group and live in a small town. I miss the city but I think I’ll stay here a while and try to become more peaceful each day.
Oh yeah… and I love cats.
- What I Believe
I believe that everyone on Earth deserves a good life and if I can help with that, without hurting myself, I try.
Quakerism also helped me greatly and I am so thankful that I lived in Philly to be able to go to the original place it was founded.
- What You’ll Get Here
In this blog you’ll get to read my poems, see my art, and listen to my music. Hopefully it inspires you or leads to your own kindness to yourself and others.
- Closing
I’ll try my best to update this blog often. Please feel free to share it with people but you don’t have to. I’m just glad that you saw it before it and myself turn to dust. Until then, let’s share our light. It is in everyone. Here is mine