Aidan Oā€™Brien

@aidan.prettymath.ca

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Music, Ecology, Geography (and dogs) on Treaty 3 Territory (Guelph) šŸ“ šŸ’¼: https://prettymath.ca šŸŽ§: prettymath.bandcamp.com šŸ‘¾: github.com/aidanwobrien

Clairo - Charm Massive Attack - Mezzanine Alvvays - Antisocialites Patti Smith - Horses
Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism Crash Vegas - Aurora Tune Yards - Who Kill Groove Armada - Black Light Aesop Rock - Black Hole Superette The Most Serene Republic - Population The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
A 3x3 grid of LiDAR point clouds of individual trees titled ā€œBayside Tree Scans - 2021ā€. The point clouds are a gradient of red (highest) to blue (lowest), showing their rough silhouettes and heights
My black dog Darkness sleeping on his back with his head on the pillow, just like a person would
A sunset with many different colours, cloud types and a silhouette horizon
My black dog (Midnight) and I walking across a shallow river. Iā€™m wearing a sun hat and a black tank top.
Points making up a silhouette of an individual tree
A creek next to a burned forest
Screen recording of a homemade visualizer which showcases and array of moving shapes, colours and waves, reacting to an electronic dance beat I made
A white teepee with small mountains in the distance, a mix of sun and clouds
A beautiful stream in Northern Ontario
Me sailing my 16ft blue Wayfarer (1960ish) on the lake. The main and jib sail are raised
Circled text from ā€˜A Sand County Almanacā€™ reads ā€˜That land is a community is the basic concept of ecology, but that land is to be loved and respected is an extension of ethicsā€™
My table for one at shortys Pizza in Winnipeg, set with a can of brio and ā€˜Resistance, Rebellion and Deathā€™ by Albert Camus
Sam Roberts - We Were Born in a Flame The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour The Twilight Sad - Oran Mor Sessions Paper Kites - Roses Elbow - Leaders of the Free World Athlete - Beyond the Neighbourhood Morcheeba - Who Can You Trust
A picture out of the window of the plane overlooking the Red River in Winnipeg Manitoba
My black dog Darkness with his blankie on his head, standing on my dresser and looking at the camera
1974 Wayfarer moored at the docked.
Julia Jacklin - Pre Pleasure Banks - The Alter Soccer Mommy - Clean Mark Robson - Version Kathleen Edwards - Asking for Flowers Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
Chad Vangaalen - Shrink Dust The Darcys - Warring The Darcys - Self Titled The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters Beliefs - Habitat Trojan Hits! A Collection of Reggae Classics
The Neeganii-iishawin 2026 gathering backdrop
Screen cap of the simulation world. An isometric tile based grid with green (plants), blue(herbivores), red (carnivores) and grey (rocks)
Colourful dog toys arranged on the couch
Bathroom stall graffiti art that reads ā€œMy transphobe grandmother is a pain in the assā€ in red marker
My dogs Midnight and Darkness harnessed up and in the trunk of my car, getting ready for a car ride
Chiminea with a fire going overlooking the Lake
My black dog Darkness wrapped up in white fluffy blankies. Just his head is poking out
Bilal Nasser - How Can We Not Say Anything Godspeed! You Black Emperor - G_ds Pee at Stateā€™s End! The Postal Service - Give Up
Soccer Mommy - Clean Feist - Multitudes Panic! At the Disco - A Fever You Canā€™t Sweat Out Bars of Paradise - Bats of Paradise Odd Neighbour Compilation #2
Behold a square! A shape with four sides of equal length, with four right triangles. But itā€™s not the squares weā€™re used toā€¦. It follows all the rules of being a square but has like a circular pie shape
A picture of the book im currently reading. ā€œThe Land Beyond: A thousand miles on foot through the heart of the Middle Eastā€ by Leon McCarron
My tea mug has a cat on it saying ā€œthere should be a better way to start a day than waking up every morningā€
My pedal board, containing lots of guitar pedals, a small mixing board and some synths.
The front CD cover of my debut album Limnology
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank Ericā€™s Trip - Songs About Chris Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Deja Vu Eliza McLamb - Salt Circle EP
A rusted metal sign on a gate that says ā€œThe Tree Museumā€
My dog Darkness, a black Lab mutt, looking dopeley at the camera on the front deck
My dog Midnight, a black potcake with a white patch on his chest is perched on the arm of the coach looking into the camera. His eyes are amber.
A long exposure photo of lights in the distance leaves a diagonal streak of white wispy light on a black drop
The cover of Living In the End Times by Slavoj Žižek
Sunset on Kahshe Lake, the water is calm. The foreground has a silhouetted frame of trees
My drum setup in my basement studio. The kit is surrounded with mics and acoustic panels, as well as a MacBook
Looking up at the branches of apples trees, there are huge red apples and a blue sky
Me kneeling down in the pumpkin patch, inspecting the pumpkin I am about to pick
A 12U rack, half full of gear, including a new 48 point patch bay
The end credits of The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap on the Nintendo DS
Three tomatoes grown in my garden stacked on top of one another
Sonic Youth - Dirty Boots Mogwai - Rock Action Feist - The Reminder Ween - Pure Guava
Feist Multitudes long sleeve and CD displayed on the floor
Leslie Feist playing solo at the Endless Summer Festival in Kitchener / Waterloo
A video of my dogs Darkness and Midnight, two black mutts, laying down. Midnight is playing with a ball while Darkness rests his head on Midnight.
An intricate petrified wood pendant on a gold chain
A small Amber pendant
Me squatting down beside my black dog, Darkness
My phone Lock Screen is studio shot of Bjƶrk, 1993, shot by Kevin Cummings, with a red background
Sunrise on the still, misty water with 3 ducks flying across the frame. An island pokes through the mist in the distance
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside Slowdive - Slowdive Bob Marley - Legend Why? - The Well I Fell Into Rƶyksopp - Melody A.M
Neil Youngā€™s stage setup has a backdrop that says LOVE EARTH
Me crouched down on the bank of the Coquitlam River
A Garry Oak Savannah ecosystem in Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia.