Surprised by Beauty

January 2, 2015 was the start of the most difficult time I’ve ever gone through. That day, I was diagnosed with a rare incurable cancer called neuroendocrine tumor (“NET”). It’s been a long journey. People ask me how I’m doing, and my standard answer is “it’s complicated.” I think to say it’s been “bad” would be over-simplifying it. Of course there have been many difficult things, but there have also been many surprisingly beautiful things.

Surprised By Beauty is the music I wrote from 2015 to 2018, inspired by my journey with NET. I don’t know what your journey is. It might be cancer, or it might be something completely different, but all of us sooner or later go through times of suffering. When you are going through those times, I hope this music will comfort you.