Leaving the Nest (2017)

Tom Taylor married his high school sweetheart and had a high paying job in finance in Florida but unforeseen difficulties arose when Tom and his wife Elizabeth noticed a developmental delay in two of their new born sons. Years of medical investigations didn't lead to any successful treatments and soon Mark and Tim were both accepted to be permanently physically and mentally disabled. Tom and Elizabeth lost faith in finding a cure and suffered together through depression. At the age of fifty, Tom started to break through the fog of depression and religious prescription. It didn't happen overnight, but Tom subsequently quit his job and embarked on his new artistic journey. As Tom transitioned from his life in Jacksonville and moved to New York City his explorations resulted in a drug addiction and he eventually found himself without money and secretively living in a gym. He managed to find a home in a warehouse in Brooklyn, where he built sets and made art as a way of processing his past experiences and the pain of having left his family for his own self-discovery. He hopes that as each member of his family is set on their own safe path that he can find peace on his.