Father, Brother, Someone's Son. Always Father first.
I've always been the odd one out in life, I am a true anomaly. I've been truly blessed in life, and I genuinely believe that. I've also suffered and struggled immensely, sometimes by my own hand and fault. I lived a very traumatic childhood, coupled with the intelligence of a gifted individual. It was a uniquely crippling experience.
However a man can only blame his mother for so long before he must move on and take responsibility for his own life. The last few years of my life have been deeply awakening, spiritually healing, and unfortunately still traumatic as well.
I will have been California clean for 3 years in December of 2026. That's been important to me.
I'll save the full life story for the book if there's ever a demand, but for now I'll say this; I've got a lot of Joy and I've got a lot of Sorrow in me. It's this life of struggle that has led me to a central existential focal point: I'm going to die one day and all I've ever done is fuck shit up and suffer. Besides my boy, I've built nothing of meaning. I've done nothing to help anyone in life. I've been a drain and a brute revolting against his own inner voice for so long that it took losing everything to realize i never really had... anything.
So a man, a broken, beaten, physically devastated, emotionally wartorn... barely a man... made the decision to move forward. To claw my way from the very pit of despair and rise to a level only dreamt of... I'm still very much starting my crawl but I'm no longer doing nothing.
I have long had my first book in mind, developing, evolving, and even mutating. That's nothing new to me, but The iiP, Ichorian Ink Productions, is even older. It was originally just a little punk collective idea, Splatter ink, from my youth. It was more centered on helping each other directly.
Through time, and bonding with amazing souls, my intention grew. It grew mighty wings in my mind, showing me the Blood of the Gods, the golden ichor of immortality. If I splattered that blood on these pages, they might live forever, in a way befitting of my healing journey.
So I write in my golden ink a promise to Humanity, and Nature, i will bring more good vibrations and healing intentions into this world.
Together. Both spiritually and physically.
We will build some beneficial.
Scott@iiP
Scott Vance, Ohio Resident