James A. Reeves
A writer and designer in the Middle West who makes midnight mixtapes and writes about faith in the digital age.
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James A. Reeves
A writer and designer in the Middle West who makes midnight mix tapes and writes about faith in the digital age.
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James A. Reeves

James A. Reeves

Hallucinations and Routines

Hallucinations and Routines

There will always be demands and obligations, but they do not need me before eleven o’clock.
Michael Clayton

Michael Clayton

“You want to bake bread? Go with God.”
C. Wall Architecture

C. Wall Architecture

A new visual identity and website for this architecture firm.
2023 Rotation

2023 Rotation

We’re deep into the 21st century, yet I still find myself waiting for the future to begin.
After the End

After the End

Historic Chapel at Green-Wood Cemetery
Brooklyn, New York
Prophets

Prophets

The Joshua tree was named by Mormons who thought they saw their prophet pointing to the promised land.
Desert Nomenclature

Desert Nomenclature

"Virga" is the name for precipitation that does not reach the ground.
Vegas Dust

Vegas Dust

A few minutes after midnight in the Mojave desert, a preacher appears on a dead radio channel.
100 Degrees and Snow

100 Degrees and Snow

Every year I feel a little more vertiginous.
The New House by David Leo Rice

The New House by David Leo Rice

Lost Lake and Last Chance Mountain

Lost Lake and Last Chance Mountain

Last night I stayed up late and stitched together my favorite pieces of the Mojave.
Orientation

Orientation

Here I am at last, living in the landscape I’ve craved since the first time I drove across the country.

You can feel the geography shift when you see all that big pine and cold water.

At some point the screen became the world, and now we’re haunting it.

The ghosts of old standards, summoned for whatever comes next.

Broadcasting from somewhere between the bells of a temple and the heat of a night market.

A tribute to David Lynch that roams through the ruins of vintage ballads and slow-motion noir.

Anything worthwhile rests on a knife’s edge like the delicate art of falling asleep.

Slowing down my favorite songs has become a spiritual practice.

This man was the antichrist. Yes, he was what the end of civilization looked and sounded like.

It’s tempting to classify Death Prom as mere nostalgia, but it is a complicated haunting.

A few minutes after midnight in the Mojave desert, a preacher appears on a dead radio channel.

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