Definition: Fancy Contraption
Fancy, adj - elaborate in structure or decoration.
Contraption, noun - a machine or device that appears unnecessarily complicated and often badly designed
My Name is Helme
The Wizard of Odd
A long while back,
a dear friend handed me a key—
one that unlocked the quiet lie
that I was not creative.
Now she calls me
the Wizard of Odd.
I work in words—spoken, written—
and in the shaping of things.
Building has always been
my native language.
My art reaches toward the endless—
the many-layered soul of being human.
I’m not content to simply ask
what it means to be alive;
I wander deeper,
into the ways we move through our days—
how our differences and our sameness
braid together
to make a world.
As a maker,
a builder of small magics and wide-open spaces,
I aim to leave doors ajar—
for hope,
for joy,
and for play
to find their way in.