"Pledge of nothingness"
Possibly relevant selections from Luce Irigaray. "I cannot cover myself in skin again in order to return to the outside. My death is inside your own. We shall die together if you do not let me go outside your sameness."
30 days of june
30 days of June series, June 2022
Potato Head sculptures in Rhode Island (ranked)
In 1999, 47 Potato Heads were sculpted and displayed across Rhode Island. Today only 10 remain on view. So I took the pilgrimage to see 'em all. Almost all of the potatoes looked better in person than they do in pictures.
Beautiful fraud
Writing consecutively for 22 days has been consciousness changing. I have come perilously close to having egg on my face a few times. Maybe the yolk is still there, dripping right into a blindspot.
What's her line?
Making a mark stops a line from becoming infinite. This is what a ‘line worker’ like Twombly, or Mary Dondero, does. And they do it enthusiastically. Within this genre, how a mark hits the ground or paper is just as important as where.
Outcasts of a certain age
Joe Banda’s VHS tapes are a funny, thoughtful medium. They recall a time when there were only so many narratives and cliques to choose from.
Cataloging Jacob Lawrence in New England
Being provincial: This means you see the great paintings when you’re lucky. The painter Jacob Lawrence: his work certainly falls under that “great” label. Here in New England: can you even find a Lawrence painting? I was curious.