An evolving archive of the beautifully complicated search for the innermost self. Notes from the Flame is a creative refuge for art, observations, personal essays, and the occasional unsolicited opinion—born from the belief that there is something illuminating in the struggle to understand ourselves. Through creativity, mental health, resilience, self-discovery, and the pursuit of becoming something greater than our doubts, these notes explore what it means to keep the flame alive. Part art journal, part cultural commentary, part personal excavation—a record of what I find in the fire along the way.