I'm dry where others could be wet.

Travel with no sleep and walk in a backyard to think about what you just did.

Look who got in in 2010...Beau Jim did.

This Saturday 8 hours away: Episode Four

Episode Three: 8 miles away now. This is Saturday.

It's 1:30 p.m. 105 degrees outside. Not what I speculated, but this is all truth on Saturday.

This is Saturday. The chaos is 8 miles away...

I wait for 6 more episodes to upload on my youtube page. Along with the two episodes from Thursday, here is today, Saturday, August 29, 2009. I'm in Glendale. 105 degrees. Can't imagine what the fire is hitting and taking away in such swift, delicate movements on film. Structure crashes. Earth turns to ashes.

I start the day documenting and carry on 250 feet up a trail in camp to document these photographs and correspond them with you.

This was Thursday, night approaching day. Still lit by fire.

Episode Two:



Nicholas Jon

This was Thursday, 18 miles away and getting closer.

Eventually, I'll take Los Angeles for granted, used to the scene. Getting further away from being a tourist or visitor to just an Angelino. First earthquake was february. This one started Thursday afternoon. First video in a series of Eight, currently uploading on youtube.com.


I'm still here watching Earth in front of me burn.

Nicholas Jon

7 months. In the path of withdrawal and silence, I find access to art's secrets.

I wrote a few shorts recently and I went from start, The Chalet with my writing partner, Nick Robinson, to finish, his pink castle house in the Miracle Mile. All for the Fantastic Fest and the love of shock value. And I write those characters I'm curious about to explore just enough to get a taste...





My SKULL wrapped in FACES.









the art we produce must happen in unknown regions that the imagination controls.



I'm such a kid out here in Los Angeles with a little of home with me.

CZECH BAKERY: WEST, TX meets BEACH: SANTA MONICA

IT'S DIFFICULT NOT TO TOUCH REALITY HERE, EASY TO LEAVE PHOTOSHOP ALONE. LOS ANGELES, A GREAT PROGRAM IN NATURE AND BALANCE.


Make the behavioral changes that will take you forward in life. But I learned once again that work can only be conceived in fiercely stubborn solitude. Time mastered defines art. labor and perseverance are the only guarantees of a work’s authenticity. My strength and powers accumulate from the power of the works I produce in the course of my life, and my determination.

Nicholas Jon

Oh Christ! He's on Fire. Shay fills you up with Joy and with the other hand, I just don't know what he'll do next...

Meet the Shay, the new personality when I don't want to be.

New Headshots Brooks Institute Style

My friend from our hometown of China Spring, TX attends Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara. I was told by my agent with The Atherton Group to have new headshots taken and Ty Colter has done that. Offer your feedback. Judge me. Casting Directors do and I give you full right to do what you will. Like my mentor Van Brooks says, "What anybody thinks of me is none of my Goddamn business." Have a good night. Good morning.

Look forward to the Super Bowl, Look out for BAD NUTs.

In Hard Times, Look for Simpler Times.