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Will Boechler

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“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
— Toni Morrison

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visual ode to summer 2026.
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one of many deer off county road 31.

⛰️ Golden, Colorado

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rosemary focaccia i made with my mom ❤️

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german countryside, on the way to berlin

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flight home 🥲

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our trip to berlin ❤️ @lighthoose

The Abbey In The Oakwood by Caspar David Friedrich

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torrential rain outside alte nationalgalerie💧☔️

walt, my baby boy, and his big rubber nose 🐕‍🦺🐾 taken in Portland, Oregon by @conr.d

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Walking among Caspar David Friedrich @ Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany, 2026

I don’t know where to begin. Caspar David Friedrich is perhaps the most important visual artist in my life, with works like “The Abbey in The Oakwood“ and “The Monk By The Sea” serving as deep, introspective reminders of the weight of solitude and the finality of death, and the blending of sky, earth, and sea into one, fluid ether. The feelings that his work stirs in me are ones of deep reflection upon the invisible loneliness I carry all through my life. I find his art incredibly important to me personally, and a definitive part of who I am as a human, as an artist, as a storyteller.

Last week, Michael and I stayed in Berlin and had the opportunity to visit Friedrich’s paintings, and it was utterly life changing. The room was quiet among the rest of gallery rooms, as if silence drew an inhale in the presence of the stories sprawled across ivory walls, and I spent a majority of my time in there sobbing as quietly as I could—the guard was giving me weird looks—and just being in the presence of such powerful art.

Enjoy these photos of the experience that don’t compare to the physical feeling of being in that room nearly enough. You’ll just have to take my word for it. And that last pic of my live crying when I first saw The Abbey. taken in Alte Nationalgalerie by @conr.d

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1: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 (𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘸, 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵: 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘩, 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺𝘯, 𝘙𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘢), WildPark Schloss Tambach, 2026

2: A bathing deer, WildPark Schloss Tambach, 2026

3: Deer at rest, WildPark Schloss Tambach, 2026

4: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 (𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵: 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘩, 𝘓𝘶𝘬𝘦, 𝘚𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘢, 𝘙𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺𝘯), WildPark Schloss Tambach, 2026

5, 6: 𝘏𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘺, WildPark Schloss Tambach, 2026

7: WildPark Schloss Tambach, 2026

8: Outlook from a promenade in Kloster Banz, 2026

9, 10: Kloster Banz, 2026

11: Inside Kloster Banz, 2026

12, 13, 14: Him, 2026

15: Veste Coburg, 2026

16: Near Schloss Tambach, 2026

17: Blooming Roses Near Schloss Tambach, 2026

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19: Birthday cake 🎂 27!

20: a memory—— taken in Coburg, Germany by @conr.d

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27 🎂, 2026
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all my life, i’ve felt change come as an anomaly, as an intruder, as a stake driven through the heart or silver bullet to the muzzle. but strangely, turning 27 today, i’m filled with a sense of peace and eagerness for what lies ahead. now that ive earned a graduate certificate in college and university teaching in addition to my creative writing mfa, im more excited than ever to dive into my future, wherever that may take me—upstate new york, a lighthouse by lake superior in minnesota, abroad to germany, or some other newer landscape. either way. i will see you there between the shafts of light and the rumblings of passing cars.

in a way, a birthday almost feels like a goodbye. this one in particular more than the others. maybe because i’m writing this thousands of miles away from where i usually am, now in the arms of the man i love, or maybe because im finally beginning to push through the veil that was young adulthood. either way, a chapter is ending, and another is about to begin.

and so to you dear reader, i ask that you do what i plan to do this next year, and be gentle to yourself. hold yourself accountable, but be gentle. you are your own sunrise, and you must radiate and shine across every landscape you find yourself upon. it is fate, yours and mine.

to the memories of the year before, the memories of now, and the memories to come.

yours,
will

words of the year: agency, resonance taken in Coburg, Germany by @conr.d

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4 months ago

“803 shuddered, but it couldn’t tell him.”
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Two readings in one week? Wild! Read some more of SHARDS at this month’s @hwaoregon reading hosted graciously by @memento.mori.cafe ! Thank you for having us! And thank you to everyone that came to listen to Riley’s new terrors… More to come soon 😈
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📸 @niyyahwriting thank you for taking these! taken in Memento.mori.cafe by @conr.d

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6 months ago

“The man who will disappear is writing.”
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Read some of the new draft of the darker, more disturbing, more ghostly version of my MFA thesis, now titled SHARDS, @psufilament tonight. So grateful to have read among some other wonderful voices 😊 Thank you all that came out! taken in Portland State University by @conr.d

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Obsidian Ripples On The Columbia River, 2026
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I wrote a paper about Vanport, Oregon and its history. It’s on my Substack now. Link is in my bio 😁 by @conr.d

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The Dog Headed Saint: St. Christopher & The Black Image In Christianity, 2022
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Happy Black History Month! New Substack Article up now! This was a piece I wrote back in 2022 that earned me an Art History Research Award at PSU and I realized I had never published it publicly. It considers the racist medieval art of St. Christopher, who may have in fact been a Black man grossly misinterpreted as an animal. I briefly reflected on it and why I wrote it as well. The link is in my bio :) by @conr.d

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A Dirge for the Atlas Lion, 2026
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I wrote a poem and an article thinking about the famous photo of the last Atlas lion in the wild on Substack. Ancestral animal memory, ghostly landscapes, and yes I managed to sneak Toni Morrison into it. It’s up on my Substack now, the link is in my bio 😊🦁 by @conr.d

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serving oklou y2k snow dimension mp3 player earbud linkin park dog tag realness in the north dakota cold 🌐❄️🥶 taken in Fargo, North Dakota by @conr.d

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9 months ago

On Introductions, 2026
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I started a Substack for writing and other musings 😌 Very eager to ramble about my hyperfixations! If you’re interested in reading it (and subscribing! It’s free!) the link is in my bio. Or just search BoechlerBooks on Substack :) by @conr.d

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2 years with my lighthouse today ❤️ Here’s to another wonderful year with you, my sonnenschein. Let’s be seals in our next life my love 🦭🦭 by @conr.d

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