Aidan Stark-Chessa
Portland, Maine

Pursuing the flow state has been the backbone of my life for as long as I can remember.

I choose to exercise this power through skiing, surfing, biking, and climbing — but I'm always excited to expand my horizons through other endeavors.

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"To fly down a mountain drawing lines straight out of your imagination, to leave your body as it knows what to do — this is about as close to transcendence as I can get. This is freedom."

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Honeysuckle by Weeping Willow Co.
Weeping Willow Co. — est. 2024

I make a non-alcoholic cocktail called Honeysuckle.

Honey, lemon, ginger, and gentian bitters — built the same way every batch, without shortcuts. Winner of the Bobcat Ventures Entrepreneurship Competition at Bates College.

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Through my eyes, over my life.

A running collection of the photographs I keep taking, whatever I happen to be pointed at.

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"What if this is what love is? A medium that lets us see our own soul — and how it bumps into other souls."

from LOVE?, March 2025
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