Research ((or, back to the drawing board)) I was asked to participate in a thesis project conducted by two female friends of mine. They are Women & Gender Studies majors and this is the final course in their curriculum before graduation… They are attempting to address multiple arenas within identity formation/construction including (but not limited […]
People. What was Annie Oakley trying to teach Wild Bill anyway? Seems like she was mindful with her words & weapons. Many people think Shakespeare had editors & ghostwriters. I think he listened to his daughters. Nietzsche’s writing always rejected what everyone else deemed reality (they termed this “truth.”) Nature. The same two seeds can […]
this man was a conservationist & civil rights activist. he is also considered one of the top American presidents alongside Lincoln & Washington. Why he’s COOL: He eloquently stated the following: “the nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.” He created a group called the Civilian Conservation Corps that was to help manage unemployed young […]
every time i’m at the bottom of a hill i want to be at the top of it. yet the tallest, widest tree always falls in the wind. the one that bends and sways survives the storm. the sunset is more fascinating than fireworked celebrations because it starts slow, soft and gentle. it is new […]
when we create we defy the status quo so it’s related to identity… from an interview with ESCIF: Q: “As a long time graffiti artist, has it been strange or helpful to step back and look at contemporary graffiti from an analytical or academic perspective? How much does that affect your work?” A: “A characteristic […]
his name could be victor. he could arrive in an old-fashioned automobile, dark green, a recycled vehicle, classy and sassy and almost too perfect. he could climb out of his car, blaring Dylan songs. “the times are a changing” he could say and laugh and begin to preach, “indeed.” in the way that echoes and […]
To employ moments of memories In descriptive memoirs and metaphors. A style surrounds, resounds profound Movement employs magic. Melting like snow and brown boots Dances begin; end like the transitory change of style. Resonating rhythms recreate Tangible evidence of variety Compulsory poetics Derive meaning in Devious art and deviant dreams.
land. memories fall swiftly upon cases of compact discs which, collect music and reference art in mausoleums. the road screams blue to Arkansas from the district of these systems, communication vague and effervescent. backwoods trees and carcasses, fish soil moments from the past and fling forward vices and pain stretched as far biblical lies, the […]
The world as it is, creation out of the void, things as they are, things as they are not, are too much for us to be able to stand. Or, better: they would be too much for us to bear without crumbling in a faint, trembling like a leaf, standing in a trance in response […]
