02/01/2022
Hi all,
First I want to thank everyone that has supported me in one way or another for the past few years. It has been a rough go of it to be sure, and I love you all for helping me through.
Some of you know and some of you don’t, so I wanted to give a broad update of what’s been going on. My father had a fall at the end of October and has been bedridden ever since. He has transitioned into at-home hospice and I am all he has for a caretaker. This has dominated my life even more than caring for him has for the past five years. I don’t know how much longer he has left, but he is doing well considering the circumstances and is not in imminent danger of dying.
Given his increased need I have taken time away from work and obviously haven’t been pursuing my other lines of work such as photography or DJing. I have not given up on photography or any of my other interests, I just don’t have the capacity to do any of it right now.
This also means I don’t really have a break. I try to hop online to Zoom chat with friends with the occasional game here and there, but it isn’t as frequent as I need to manage my mental health. It sucks.
I also haven’t had time to grieve. As some of you know my brother passed away in August of 2020. Our relationship was complicated, but he was one of the most cherished people in my life and not having him right now really really really fu***ng sucks. I can’t celebrate or commiserate with him and I can’t share in any more experiences with him. He was my primary music collaborator and someone I could always bounce wacky ideas off of. His loss in my life is immeasurable and I haven’t had a moment since he’s been gone that hasn’t felt a little empty without him.
Now for an ask: I could use your help. Things are kinda out of control financially here. Without my photography my income has taken a deep dip and it is really hard to keep things afloat. If you are interested in helping financially please pick a level at my Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/apgibson) and subscribe. If you would rather send something once just to help out you can send me something via paypal at https://paypal.me/apgibson.
Other ways you can help: If you are fully vaxxed (w/booster) and have the ability to come and chill for a chunk of time, I could use someone to come hang out and watch my dad while I shower and get a break otherwise. I am looking for 1-3 people that would be up for something like that, and I’d like it to be people I know. This could also eventually turn into a paid gig, but there is a whole long story behind that I am going to not go into right now. Hopefully the agencies that failed me will get their s**t together soon and I can hire someone to help me out.
So yeah, that’s the update. A lot has been going on behind the scenes and I haven’t been very vocal about it with specificity because I just haven’t had the spoons to get it done. Also, it’s been hard to ask for help, so understand that I am doing so against every fibre of my being even though I know those are stupid fibres and it’s okay to ask for help.
I love you. Thank you for listening.
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