Carlos used to run Yamashiro Restaurant—the Olympus of Hollywood. He was always working on something, lugging Japanese lanterns or found doll heads back and forth from the restaurant to his house. Sitting in his studio, through the smell of glue and sawdust, we realized where this madness comes from, it’s that intense passion one has in trying to figure out the meaning of life. Some drive through it, others saunter, but Carlos chooses to collage himself across it. Talking to Carlos we were reminded that creating has always and will always come from within—it never comes fast enough and oftentimes is over too soon. It was never meant to be forever.