Once upon a time, I walked up and down the colorful streets of Berkeley, California. It was Telegraph Avenue that attracted me most of all. The atmosphere was so bizarre that I was easily distracted from the agonizing feelings of self-loathing, self-pity, hopelessness, fear, and despair.

There, on Telegraph Avenue, I could forget my swollen ankles, hands and legs - swollen from the massive amounts of sugary foods and refined carbohydrates. In Berkeley I could lose myself within unusual forms...