Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
I wrote this when I was drunk
Do you ever want to scream? Yeah fine we all do
but do you ever get the urge to scream out across a long distance to someone,"Your haircut blows! It makes you look bald!"To someone who has a perfectly good head of hair but has done it a terrible injustice.
Sometimes I get this sensation.
Or once I wanted to scream, "I thought you had the worst varicose veins I've ever seen since old ankles in france but it's just your tights with a spaghetti pattern!"
Why I wonder why is it so hard to imagine yourself at a distance. I know it is
Do you ever want to scream? Yeah fine we all do
but do you ever get the urge to scream out across a long distance to someone,"Your haircut blows! It makes you look bald!"To someone who has a perfectly good head of hair but has done it a terrible injustice.
Sometimes I get this sensation.
Or once I wanted to scream, "I thought you had the worst varicose veins I've ever seen since old ankles in france but it's just your tights with a spaghetti pattern!"
Why I wonder why is it so hard to imagine yourself at a distance. I know it is
Marshalls
He had a tear tattoo, a mango scented candle in his hand and the softest voice when he spoke of the toxic aromas as though they were the loveliest molecules to pass his nose.
He held the candle as though it were an egg of a baby angel and brought it up to his nose. His face softened beyond what he portrayed and he asked me what my favorite was. They smelled awful but I said vanilla.
He had a tear tattoo, a mango scented candle in his hand and the softest voice when he spoke of the toxic aromas as though they were the loveliest molecules to pass his nose.
He held the candle as though it were an egg of a baby angel and brought it up to his nose. His face softened beyond what he portrayed and he asked me what my favorite was. They smelled awful but I said vanilla.
Social Security Security Line
There was a black man with no teeth but his smile made up for it.
He had alzheimers or was just pleasantly buzzed. He had a naughty smile,
he wore like normal people wear a frown. He didn't understand a word anyone
was saying in fact his lack of reaction would've caused you to believe he was deaf.
They began to search him. First they found an industrial sized nutcracker in his fancy smoking jacket. Then another tool, large and still in plastic. He acted as clueless as
a baby that doesn't associate the bad smell with their own form. He removed his jacket and put it on the belt. His daughter reached into his pockets to find two brand new watches and a broach with the tags still attached and her eyebrows waved about as she looked at her dad. He just smiled in no particular direction.
There was a black man with no teeth but his smile made up for it.
He had alzheimers or was just pleasantly buzzed. He had a naughty smile,
he wore like normal people wear a frown. He didn't understand a word anyone
was saying in fact his lack of reaction would've caused you to believe he was deaf.
They began to search him. First they found an industrial sized nutcracker in his fancy smoking jacket. Then another tool, large and still in plastic. He acted as clueless as
a baby that doesn't associate the bad smell with their own form. He removed his jacket and put it on the belt. His daughter reached into his pockets to find two brand new watches and a broach with the tags still attached and her eyebrows waved about as she looked at her dad. He just smiled in no particular direction.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
The Empire State Building
I felt like a snow queen. We had
50 people dressed in 50 little suits
greeting us at every corner warning us
of zero visibility at the top. On we
went passed the green screens through
the velvet ropes. Dodging all these
funny little people telling us there
was nothing to see. And then we were
there above all moving things in one
of the fastest moving cities in the
world and all was quiet and still.
It was as though the snow was forming
layers upon layers of thin silk
laces ebbing in the winds at all levels
softening all the city to a few
single sharp edges and glows.
I did a rock n' roll power slide
and laughed. Then I just smiled at
the city for a good twelve minutes
but I don't think it could see me.
Thank You Ben
The Moma
Marlene Dumas
Looking at Marlene Dumas' portraits is not like looking
at art at all. It's like being in a room filled up with
people who are fully exposed and available for any and all
speculation and they seem to want to talk to you but can't
decide if they like you enough to strike a conversation. It
was one of the most awkward, touching, social interactions I've ever
had and I highly suggest meeting her pieces face to face and asking
them their secrets as soon as you get the chance.
Nan Goldin
She has dedicated her life to telling a truth and she tells
it beautifully. She doesn't withhold the gorey details and
she doesn't spit shine the pretty parts. It's just her life
and it's beautiful to behold.
Theo Jansen
Just in case you haven't been introduced to this genius
Sorry I don't mean to advertise it's just the best footage there is of them.
If you find better let me know
I felt like a snow queen. We had
50 people dressed in 50 little suits
greeting us at every corner warning us
of zero visibility at the top. On we
went passed the green screens through
the velvet ropes. Dodging all these
funny little people telling us there
was nothing to see. And then we were
there above all moving things in one
of the fastest moving cities in the
world and all was quiet and still.
It was as though the snow was forming
layers upon layers of thin silk
laces ebbing in the winds at all levels
softening all the city to a few
single sharp edges and glows.
I did a rock n' roll power slide
and laughed. Then I just smiled at
the city for a good twelve minutes
but I don't think it could see me.
Thank You Ben
The Moma
Marlene Dumas
Looking at Marlene Dumas' portraits is not like looking
at art at all. It's like being in a room filled up with
people who are fully exposed and available for any and all
speculation and they seem to want to talk to you but can't
decide if they like you enough to strike a conversation. It
was one of the most awkward, touching, social interactions I've ever
had and I highly suggest meeting her pieces face to face and asking
them their secrets as soon as you get the chance.
Nan Goldin
She has dedicated her life to telling a truth and she tells
it beautifully. She doesn't withhold the gorey details and
she doesn't spit shine the pretty parts. It's just her life
and it's beautiful to behold.
Theo Jansen
Just in case you haven't been introduced to this genius
Sorry I don't mean to advertise it's just the best footage there is of them.
If you find better let me know
Sunday, January 4, 2009
The Whitney
Calder made me cry with his circus
because it reminded me of the people I love and why I love them.
And William Eggleston says, "I'm at war with the obvious."
Which I think is a brilliant statement.
If my childhood were a song, he would be singing the chorus.
William Eggleston
It touched me so much I went back to it four times.
Hot Dog
Not the best. Not the worst.
Smaller than on the big screen.
Made me sick.
But I'll do it again.
Calder made me cry with his circus
because it reminded me of the people I love and why I love them.
And William Eggleston says, "I'm at war with the obvious."
Which I think is a brilliant statement.
If my childhood were a song, he would be singing the chorus.
William EgglestonIt touched me so much I went back to it four times.
Hot Dog
Not the best. Not the worst.
Smaller than on the big screen.
Made me sick.
But I'll do it again.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Almonds
I bought some on Broadway because they smelled so rich and tasty in the cold air.
Even after I found the Honey roasted hair I couldn't stop myself from finishing the bag.
Waterman
On Broadway a man's water bottle fell out his bag and another man bent to pick it up and return it. He went dashing after the speed walker not noticing that the bottles top had become loose and he was spraying water everywhere as he ran. Then as he approached the speed walker he completely soaked his bag and his back and the speed walker turned and saw the bottle and said, "oh thank you." Neither of them ever noticing what the bottle had done.
The Bus
There were three little kids in shades of girl, coats. Their scarves were tucked to just below their frog eyes. They sat there across from me letting their heads bob freely starring into me. They looked like some kind of plastic and plush toy hybrid the y tried to pass off in the eighties as cuddly but were always kind of creepy.
Subway
There was a single Momma on the subway who toke out a pack of twizzlers and bit off half and gave the other to her baby daughter.
New Years
At five o'clock Times Square was already packed with miserable people. From were I was the ball looked silly and unimportant but all those people in those 2009 glasses that illuminated in a spiral fashion looked great even if they were miserable or especially if they were.
Laundromat
It is filled up with tropical plants covered in thick lint dust and I would've drawn them but the were vibrating so much I could barely see where their lines began. All the machines hit spin cycle at once and I felt like I was at a discount carnival and any minute the linoleum squares would part and my blue bucket seat would be sent squealing down a track.
A man came in at one point with the comfort tone of mid conversation.
He bellowed, "Look what I got! Look what I got!" No one seemed particularly interested. They weren't. "Smell it! Smell it!...Now doesn't that shit smell like diamonds?"
He was holding his new bottle of tide like it was a trophy, a poor mans pride.
I bought some on Broadway because they smelled so rich and tasty in the cold air.
Even after I found the Honey roasted hair I couldn't stop myself from finishing the bag.
Waterman
On Broadway a man's water bottle fell out his bag and another man bent to pick it up and return it. He went dashing after the speed walker not noticing that the bottles top had become loose and he was spraying water everywhere as he ran. Then as he approached the speed walker he completely soaked his bag and his back and the speed walker turned and saw the bottle and said, "oh thank you." Neither of them ever noticing what the bottle had done.
The Bus
There were three little kids in shades of girl, coats. Their scarves were tucked to just below their frog eyes. They sat there across from me letting their heads bob freely starring into me. They looked like some kind of plastic and plush toy hybrid the y tried to pass off in the eighties as cuddly but were always kind of creepy.
Subway
There was a single Momma on the subway who toke out a pack of twizzlers and bit off half and gave the other to her baby daughter.
New Years
At five o'clock Times Square was already packed with miserable people. From were I was the ball looked silly and unimportant but all those people in those 2009 glasses that illuminated in a spiral fashion looked great even if they were miserable or especially if they were.
Laundromat
It is filled up with tropical plants covered in thick lint dust and I would've drawn them but the were vibrating so much I could barely see where their lines began. All the machines hit spin cycle at once and I felt like I was at a discount carnival and any minute the linoleum squares would part and my blue bucket seat would be sent squealing down a track.
A man came in at one point with the comfort tone of mid conversation.
He bellowed, "Look what I got! Look what I got!" No one seemed particularly interested. They weren't. "Smell it! Smell it!...Now doesn't that shit smell like diamonds?"
He was holding his new bottle of tide like it was a trophy, a poor mans pride.
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