About

Hey, I’m Grayson. This is where I share updates and reflections on the things I care about — music, field recordings, visual experiments, cycling adventures, life, and cats (of course). It’s a mix of process, play, and whatever weird corner I’m exploring next.

By trade, I’ve spent the last couple decades in product design and creative leadership. But this space isn’t about work — it’s about staying curious, seeing what sticks, and letting the work lead the way.

The Highlights

• Born in Southern California
• Grew up in a mid-size town on the coast of Oregon
• Mom ran a community theater and my father was a working sculptor
• Started racing road bicycles at 14, and discovered that I was fairly decent at it
• Left my hometown two weeks after high school graduation to move to Southern California to pursue a cycling career
• Spent the last two years of my cycling career racing as an amateur in Europe—in Belgium and The Netherlands
• For various reasons, decided to “retire” from competitive cycling
• Discovered photography and went to Savannah College of Art and Design to pursue a degree
• Met my wife and got married
• Got my degree, but in Motion Graphics and Graphic Design
• Moved to Seattle, WA, and got a job in tech before tech was a thing
• Worked in tech—product design—for 18 years, and while thankful for the financial benefits, ended up wondering if it was time to pursue other things
• That gets us pretty much to today, and Discoastal Culture Collective