welcome to garf's 5 year anniversary update! (coming a little early on account of the fact im quiiiite lazy)
.............what do you even put on a homepage in the big 2026?!

...right where you left it!
when i began this site, it was merely a passion project since i had moved from carrd. i wanted a little "homepage" the way everyone else was creating one. but the more i worked, the further i fell in love with the process of coding. i hadn't drawn in years at this point, my creative juices being mostly squeezed dry from my attempt at moving forward from years of trauma. but neocities changed me, gave me an outlet (although i still wasn't at my best,) and now i am 21 and i feel 12 again... in a way (lol). my website is a love letter to art, graphic design, coping, and coding. i will forever cherish the friends i made on neocities, although i don't update often anymore. 5 years is a long time to have grown up! although i am not the same "dove" as i was in 2021, i want to be the best version of dove yet, and i want to curate an experience i can look back on fondly.