Cory Richards

So those alcohol and those drugs you were more afraid of because you felt like they were... Alcohol I wasn't, but more psychoactive drugs like psychedelics and cocaine, all those things I was much more reticent of. Later in life, of course, I've used psychedelics as part of my mental health journey, and that's been wildly generative.

It did until it didn't. So part of it was being with my aunt and uncle. I got three jobs. I started saving money because I wanted to go climbing. You know, I wasn't at school. And that was such a beautiful observation that photography was really a way for me to try to interpret and understand the world that I was moving through.

It did until it didn't. So part of it was being with my aunt and uncle. I got three jobs. I started saving money because I wanted to go climbing. You know, I wasn't at school. And that was such a beautiful observation that photography was really a way for me to try to interpret and understand the world that I was moving through.

It did until it didn't. So part of it was being with my aunt and uncle. I got three jobs. I started saving money because I wanted to go climbing. You know, I wasn't at school. And that was such a beautiful observation that photography was really a way for me to try to interpret and understand the world that I was moving through.

One of the things that I write in the book is that there was a sense that if I looked hard enough at anything or anybody, I could see my own reflection because there is a shared experience, not just with other people, but with the natural world in the entire world, entire physical world that we live in. There is a reflection of ourselves that exists.

One of the things that I write in the book is that there was a sense that if I looked hard enough at anything or anybody, I could see my own reflection because there is a shared experience, not just with other people, but with the natural world in the entire world, entire physical world that we live in. There is a reflection of ourselves that exists.

One of the things that I write in the book is that there was a sense that if I looked hard enough at anything or anybody, I could see my own reflection because there is a shared experience, not just with other people, but with the natural world in the entire world, entire physical world that we live in. There is a reflection of ourselves that exists.

And I think photography was a way to try to see that and anchor myself to the world. Also, it gave me a very real voice, meaning that coming from a place of feeling like I really didn't matter that much and I wasn't wanted, there was no belonging, to have my name printed in ink on a page with my expression sort of was this proof that I had a place in the world. And I loved that.

And I think photography was a way to try to see that and anchor myself to the world. Also, it gave me a very real voice, meaning that coming from a place of feeling like I really didn't matter that much and I wasn't wanted, there was no belonging, to have my name printed in ink on a page with my expression sort of was this proof that I had a place in the world. And I loved that.

And I think photography was a way to try to see that and anchor myself to the world. Also, it gave me a very real voice, meaning that coming from a place of feeling like I really didn't matter that much and I wasn't wanted, there was no belonging, to have my name printed in ink on a page with my expression sort of was this proof that I had a place in the world. And I loved that.

And I also used that for validation. Over time, it became maladaptive in its own way because I was mistaking validation for love or external attention for love, which is not the same thing. I mean, that's like the likes on Instagram, right? Oh, look at me. Everybody loves me. And you're like, that's not love, bro. But then the physicality of it also was trying to, I think,

And I also used that for validation. Over time, it became maladaptive in its own way because I was mistaking validation for love or external attention for love, which is not the same thing. I mean, that's like the likes on Instagram, right? Oh, look at me. Everybody loves me. And you're like, that's not love, bro. But then the physicality of it also was trying to, I think,

And I also used that for validation. Over time, it became maladaptive in its own way because I was mistaking validation for love or external attention for love, which is not the same thing. I mean, that's like the likes on Instagram, right? Oh, look at me. Everybody loves me. And you're like, that's not love, bro. But then the physicality of it also was trying to, I think,

get out of my mind and marry somehow my mind and my body. And it was a way to get all the angst out. And then it just got harder and harder and harder, meaning like the climbs got more and more difficult. Then I got more and more attention because then I'm getting sponsored. I'm going on bigger trips. And I was just filling myself with that. But it becomes much more dangerous, too. In what way?

get out of my mind and marry somehow my mind and my body. And it was a way to get all the angst out. And then it just got harder and harder and harder, meaning like the climbs got more and more difficult. Then I got more and more attention because then I'm getting sponsored. I'm going on bigger trips. And I was just filling myself with that. But it becomes much more dangerous, too. In what way?

get out of my mind and marry somehow my mind and my body. And it was a way to get all the angst out. And then it just got harder and harder and harder, meaning like the climbs got more and more difficult. Then I got more and more attention because then I'm getting sponsored. I'm going on bigger trips. And I was just filling myself with that. But it becomes much more dangerous, too. In what way?

Just more dangerous climbs. More dangerous endeavors. You're going to higher altitudes, harder ways. And that is sort of its own swelling of hubris and ego that allows you to escape what's actually happening inside, which is also driving it. So you don't want to resolve it because you want it to keep fueling you. There's the fear that if I am actually somehow healthy.

Just more dangerous climbs. More dangerous endeavors. You're going to higher altitudes, harder ways. And that is sort of its own swelling of hubris and ego that allows you to escape what's actually happening inside, which is also driving it. So you don't want to resolve it because you want it to keep fueling you. There's the fear that if I am actually somehow healthy.

Just more dangerous climbs. More dangerous endeavors. You're going to higher altitudes, harder ways. And that is sort of its own swelling of hubris and ego that allows you to escape what's actually happening inside, which is also driving it. So you don't want to resolve it because you want it to keep fueling you. There's the fear that if I am actually somehow healthy.

Exactly, exactly.