What made you sign the record deal as opposed to enrolling in art school with a scholarship? Sometimes they even spill out simultaneously, which must look pretty random if someone were an accidental witness to that nebulous process. They have a tendency to inform each other. So I’ve been working in these modalities side by side the entire time.ĭoes the art influence the music or does the music influence the art? But my love and appreciation for visual mediums like painting never abated, they merely grew exponentially. When I was a teenager some doors broke down for me spiritually and I felt like I finally had given myself permission to use my voice and sing and write down the things that I saw, which led me on the path that I’ve been on for almost 27 years with Incubus. There were a number of factors that taught me to meet the world quietly when I was a child, but the inverse effect of some of those same factors was an overwhelming desire to share what I saw through drawings, paintings and photographs. Expressing myself through visual, non-verbal mediums was always how I communicated more of the complex and abstract processes that were happening in my inner world. I’ve been doing it since as far back as I can remember. While many people know you for your contribution to the world of music, not everybody is aware of your passion for creating art.