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Two individuals on the autism spectrum pushing our boundaries, we acknowledge the real challenges of sensory overload, yet remain committed to exploring and understanding the world around us. This journey is both a challenge and an adventure that we're excited to etch into our lifetime of memories. Join us in this exploration, as we venture into new realms and delve deeper into the history and intricacies of our natural world.

Passionate about science, we're determined to absorb knowledge through our senses. John's academic focus lies in the hard sciences, while Michelle's leans towards the soft sciences; both realms of knowledge complement each other harmoniously. Join us for an enlightening and laughter-filled experience as we unveil fascinating facts about this incredible world!

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John

John enjoys various topics ranging from how certain chemicals react together to the distant archives about bog iron. He tends to enjoy many digital activities (drawing, games, and research) to hands-on projects involving painting, drilling, carving, and much more. He loves to spend time and do projects with his wife Michelle. Where his strengths are cover her weaknesses.

Lvl. 26

Specialties:

+Social Interaction

+Medical

Artist Profile

A self-taught artist, his art rarely reflects other art styles and is very abstract. The majority of his pieces are unplanned and are raw reflections of the medium and the canvas.

Favorite mediums include pen on paper, oil paint pens, colored pencils, and digital art. He also has branched out to make art with resin, carved wood, recycled material sculptures, and various other mediums.

“Art is not meant to be for the viewer to enjoy, but rather a way for the artist to visualize an invisible feeling or emotion. It is not something that should be explained or interpreted, as it should mean something different to each viewer depending on where they are emotionally and spiritually. To add a description or an explanation cheapens the experience and will influence the viewer's perception.” ~John

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Michelle has a smaller range focusing mostly on psychology, sociology, art, therapy, and organization. Though she has tons of various projects on her list at all times, she has just recently learned how to start completing projects with ADHD/ADD. She greatly enjoys spending time with her husband and doing various projects with him. Where her strengths are cover his weaknesses.

Lvl. 33

Specialties:

+Executive Functioning

+Organizing

Michelle

Artist Profile

Michelle has been creating art since literally in diapers. Unable to sit still and just watch TV, she began with polymer clay creations and drawing as her first media choices. As years passed, she stretched out to try multitudes of various media out there from painting, origami, fiber arts, papermaking, photography, and whatever she could get her hands on. During struggles with isolation due to a then-unknown diagnosis of Autism, art became an outlet to help process the world and was gently used as coping art therapy. Through the ups and downs of going through domestic violence and recovering from trauma, art became a heavy necessary staple in processing and expressing her world. Now, though still heavily influenced by those incidences, art has become a method of trying to communicate with others while doubling as a familiar comfort process. Her current favorite creations focus on papermaking, resin pouring, drawing with oil paint pens, photography, and digital artwork. Her favorite themes include space, eyes, wings, vibrant colors, and the flow of patterns.

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We hope to share our enjoyment with you in hopes you are as happy with the experience as we have been!

Our list comprises of [Books], [TV Shows]. [YouTube Channels], [Movies], [Music], [Anime], [Food], [Board Games], and [Videogames] for now. If more ideas pop up we will add them! Each list is not the exhaustive list of what we watched nor what we would recommend. So check back every few months to see what is added.

What do you think you would like to try from our list? If you do, let us know!

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Music

Our choices in music vary greatly since we focus on a lot of the underlying factors of what builds a song. John is very picky with music, looking for those that heavily follow mathematical patterns. Michelle prefers fast-paced music to stay focused or slow-deep music to help with internal reflection.

Michelle also tends to have playlists that have a connection to a period in her life. (i.e. you listen to a song from your teens and it takes you back to all the memories in your teens when you'd play that song or hear it everywhere. These playlists will be worked on and shared maybe down the line. It was a fun project/experiment I did that I think helped me through my struggles, despite being a long-term double edge sword.

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Food

We are picky eaters and sometimes come across those ingredients, foods, or combinations that we just have to tell others about! Also due to our sensitivities, there are a lot of ingredients sneaking into our foods these days that react quickly and strongly with us. So we will also try to state the ingredients as well. A few fell off our list as they changed the recipe without us knowing.

We generally need a lot of nuts for our health and dark chocolate is better for you than light chocolate. (Also a staple of Michelle's well-being.) This has the perfect ratio blend of nut-to-dark choco bits ever found!!

Books

We love going to our local library and coming across various wonderful books! For those looking for help but not wanting to waste time on verbose blather. Great books found ranging from how to make paper or ink from natural resources to best trauma help books.

7 Strata of Intrapreneurial Organizations by Michael McCausland

Looking to start your own business? No matter what stage you are in, you HAVE to read this. Learning how the playing field has changed over the past ten years has helped us immensely with our own business. We know see things in such a different light where there are possibilities!

The Flavor Matrix by James Briscione

A beautifully written book about foods, their flavor profiles and the combinations that can be made with them! A must have for any chef.

ADHD and Asperger Syndrome in smart kids and adults by Thomas E. Brown

Reading through this helped me understand our executive dysfunction and the small hindrances that derail our mental processes. Very good read.

The Organic Artist by Nick Neddo

A very in-depth and scientific/historical breakdown of pigments, inks/paints, tools and papers from nature! We are planning on doing this more once we can.

Unquestioned Answers by Jeff Meyers

Great analytical breakdowns of some outdated and unfounded Biblical sayings/cliche's. VERY good read and explain a lot of why John and I cringe at a lot of these despite growing up in the church.

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.

The top Trauma book out there. Doctors are now using these in their schooling so it's highly recommended that you read it if you are dealing with trauma, know someone dealing with it, or want to help prevent it for your children, this is a MUST read. We also highly recommend EVERY SINGLE medical professional read this. What happens to the brain affects the rest of the body. Every medical position has to do with the human body and its health. If you want a great medical professional that CARES, they will put the effort into reading this. Leading studies and discoveries for the past 10 years FOCUSED on trauma research. John and I have personally used this for helping us through Trauma work.

Board Games

Since we found out we got to borrow board games from our local library, we have tried a few new games. These are a few of our faves we came across!

SPLENDOR

Splendor is a resource management game that is a lot of fun for those who may not even care for that kind of game! Good for 2-4 players. Highly recommend it for people who love puzzles and planning.

You collect gem tokens and purchase property (cards), each of those card gems can be used once every turn on future cards from there on, making purchases easier and easier...if you planned well enough. The coin pieces are SO MUCH FUN TO PLAY WITH! Feels so satisfying to clink them down on top of each other.

THE QUACKS OF QUEDLINBURG - The Alchemists

Splendor is a resource management game that is a lot of fun for those who may not even care for that kind of game! Good for 2-4 players. Highly recommend it for people who love puzzles and planning.

Very much based on luck and risk but still fun. I rarely win but I love the different ways you can play! They have different rules and attributes you can use changing up the game more than 15 different ways!

I think this is up to 5 players?

GLOOM

What is the worst story of misfortune can you stack before your character dies? Very fascinating idea and concept for a game. This game reminds me a lot of 'Don't Starve Together' type artwork (very Tim Burton), but also the aspect of "A Series of Unfortunate Events'. A lot of the cards are see-through allowing you to see your stack!

I think 1-4 players?