I live in SE Portland, Oregon. But Portland is in the NW of the country. Michael Leonard Cushing is an artist that moved from SE Alaska, to the SE of the NW of the country. But Alaska, too, is the NW of the country. From the SE of the NW to the SE of the NW.

I'm going to Alabama soon, which is THE SE. But I'm going to Birmingham, which is the NW of the SE. I'm going from the SE of the NW to the NW of the SE.

What if Michael Leonard Cushing came with me? From the SE of the NW to the SE of the NW to the NW of the SE.

And what if my friend Adam came back with us? The entire trip, Michael included, would be from the SE of the NW to the SE of the NW to the NW of the SE to the SE of the NW.

That's far too many dirrections.