Be thin That is the answer to all your problems my parents seemed to convey as they destroyed our family. Be thin as I watched the infrastructure fall, lights flicker out, pictures burn. And for some reason being thin was difficult. Way more than as an only priority than it is as one of many.Continue reading “Unlearning Through Extreme Devotion to a Strange Lifestyle”
Category Archives: Experienced Lessons
Digressions
I used to dip my brush into a poet’s words. How do I explain everything that entails? I was hiding behind the romantic depictions of my past. The romantic language from this makes me sick – “I said that?” – it’s a symptom of some mental ailment, of being lost in a city I didn’tContinue reading “Digressions”
As long as you’re doing something, you’re fine
That’s what they take away from you, in the work place and adult life “fill in the blank” – spontaneous action – “you must do this, act like that, or you might make a mess” We get really good at thinking out our actions at the expense of expressivity, intuition learned. Something that hasn’t beenContinue reading “As long as you’re doing something, you’re fine”
Anthropological Magical Realism 