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I just had a beautiful night full of art, friends and beer. I highly recommend it, and not only for the dose of perspective it provides. -
Things I'm Not Good At & What I Need
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Things That Died and People Who Disappear
We tell the same stories over and over again. They breathe, they swell with each telling and begin to toddle on their own. They start to feel like perfectly worn-in leather gloves; they fit us as we are now but they also give us room to grow into them as they stretch and soften ( Read more... ) -
What's Not Written on my Forehead
There are so many other things I should be doing right now, but sometimes you get struck by something and everything else falls away ( Read more... ) -
Random Acts of Malice
I was riding the L-train yesterday when a man, on his way to the exit, dropped a folded piece of paper onto my lap. This one:
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When I was a very small girl, we sang a song in music class called "The Tragic Tale of Mr. Fly."
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My mother pointed out that a great number of people expressed their support for me via the comments (and even more on Facebook and via email) in the hopes that I would write an update. I am not sure what to say exactly, but here goes ( Read more... ) -
There's a Vacuum Where My Heart Used To Be
"You know deep down that what your life has become is your fault, and you could fix it if you just worked a little harder. You work a little harder and it still isn't good enough ( Read more... ) -
On Art School
The other day I was looking through photos on the Facebook of a musician I took shots of several years back. I was pleased to see that she had some of the photographs posted there. On one in particular, among the usual "you're hot"s and a "how did you get the light to shine so perfectly on your face," a comment stood out ( Read more... ) -
I Just Know
About a week ago, I was at a video shoot. I was taking stills with my digital camera, but had brought along an old Konica film SLR just for fun ( Read more... )