Breathe in. Breathe out. Repeat. Relax. Sink into this moment. You there? Good.

This is the place inhabited by Ojai-based artist, dreamer, and self-proclaimed “imperfect human” Daren Thomas Magee. It’s a landscape forged through a pursuit of one’s internal creative engine, dedication to a daily practice, and a simple choice to walk away from the mundane and into the creative, the personal, the free.

A man who spends as much time searching himself as he does his environs, Daren combs the fruits of his senses for artistic inspiration and fresh perspectives, often coming back with hilarious yet insightful pearls of wisdom like “Nobody cares about you, in the most beautifully liberating way possible,” “positivity begets positivity,” or “Relax! You’ll be dead someday.”

Daren has become a true friend over the years, his undeniable good vibes, one-of-a-kind artwork and his approach to the creative process serving as a constant source of inspiration for us. For these reasons and more, we hit Daren up again and asked if he’d be game to team up on yet another collaboration capsule. Luckily for us, for the third time in a row, he said yes.