Book Synopsis
The inspiration for this book came to me after a week-long camping trip I took with my peers at Florida School of the Arts to Horn Island, a small, deserted island off the coast of Mississippi. I had never really been camping before or even felt a particular affinity for nature in general. Being on Horn Island, miles away from any semblance of civilization, was the first time I was ever truly alone in the world. Maybe not alone in the world, but alone with the world. Without the distractions of modern life and the incessant, thought-killing buzz of my phone, I had time to exist in my head. I thought a lot about our connection to the world at large. Now, when I go to the beach, I make sure to find a place to stand where I can see no one in my field of view to try to recapture that feeling. This is the feeling that I wanted to share with the people.
Bummy and the Wind put simply, is about trying to find what is most important in life.