ink+oxygen
A Valentine’s note that skips the pink hearts and goes straight to the real one: the four-chambered muscle that keeps you in the game. VO2 max, rowing, breathing, and the quiet work of maintenance.
ink+oxygen
A snow day that wasn't, a 0.2 mm pencil, and what Crucial Conversations gets right about drawing: keep your lines light until you know where the structure is.
ink+oxygen
A story about heat, breath, and learning to stay present when the truth burns.
medicine
INK+OXYGEN by Dr. Boka. A reflection on the quiet weight of responsibility in medicine, leadership, and daily life.
art
A Christmas morning at the kitchen table—drawing with my kids, thinking about breathing rhythms in the ICU, and learning why showing up matters more than being productive.
ink
After my first gallery exhibition in 2023, I quietly stopped drawing. Not because it went badly—but because it went well, and I lost the courage to be…
