How it started…

The Tour Bloom project was born out of the most painful season of my life.

I discovered the desert yucca while I was wading through the pain, and it became my spirit plant. Because it’s fire-adaptive, the yucca not only survives harsh environments…. it blooms more fully after a wildfire. Like the mythic Phoenix, it rises from ashes.

I also discovered how isolating pain can be. It’s one thing to suffer, but it’s another to feel like you’re doing it alone. That reality guided my vision, and the yucca became a symbol for what I wanted to create…something that could stand in the harsh places with others. Something that could point to the possibility of resilience and blooming after fire.

Artists and their guardians know about wildfire moments… the breaking points, road-worn days, quiet devastations that we carry on stage and at home alone… the intersection of human life with touring life.

But we also know survival. The Tour Bloom is a space to explore the process of becoming fire-adapted, not just through strength alone, but with support, community, and care that stays beside you… especially through the dark.