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poem for the new year

Posted 1 January 2017 by theorist & filed under Life.

happiness tastes
like copper
tastes
pointed, strange, conductive, conducive
changing the flavor of everything
that comes after

other things that may cause a metallic taste:
drugs and medications
infections
cancer treatment
pregnancy
epilepsy
dementia

all these altered states
tasting of pennies
fraying memory
slowly fading alkaline ecstasy
changing everything that comes after

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like this woven dough (and to paraphrase sam shep like this woven dough (and to paraphrase sam shepard), the end evolves into another beginning. today we had the end of 5780 and the start of 5781. my nibling halle's birthday and the passing of a hero (rbg). shana tova u'metukah – wishing all a good and sweet new year and a sweet rest to those who have gone before us.
it is labor day in the u.s., and i’m thinking ab it is labor day in the u.s., and i’m thinking about all the invisible workers... those who grow, harvest, and transport our food, folks who work holidays, evenings, weekends, and multiple jobs, those who make all the things we use... thinking about anthony s. and willie b., who made the brown paper bags in which i pack plants for customers. if not for this tiny bit of transparency, i wouldn’t even know their names.
serious query: tell me about your daily/weekly rit serious query: tell me about your daily/weekly rituals.
butterflies and a kapok tree in bloom butterflies and a kapok tree in bloom
behold this magnolia cone and her magnificent red behold this magnolia cone and her magnificent red seeds
my work can be divided into two strands. one stran my work can be divided into two strands. one strand is conceptual and involves exploring specific ideas. the other strand is meditative and therapeutic, a form of self-care. the first strand mainly involves larger works and installation. the second comprises my one-off abstract sculptures. i finished this piece last night. it's my largest closed form to date, hand built with flat coils and a pinch pot and textured with thousands of tiny impressions. while working on it, i watched/listened to interviews on youtube with @reneestout5 and betye saar. i finished the sculpture last night, satisfied with my work. ... then i saw the news about jacob blake, the man shot in the back seven times by a police officer at close range while the man's three children watched. all the hours (and, in fact, years) i spent trying to create order out of chaos instantly evaporated, and i could feel my body filling with anger and sorrow. i didn't sleep much. it was a struggle to stay composed at work today. @jonasvdbossche (my partner) sent me a text saying, "i don't know what needs to happen for these shootings to stop." i don't, either. ... i was decompressing after work when jonas walked in the room, handed me my laptop, and said, "watch this. now." he left the room, and i pressed play to watch the new netflix doc called, "john was trying to contact aliens” by director @matthew_killip in only sixteen minutes, i was taken on a journey that left me crying because it was so richly beautiful. i went to the kitchen where jonas was working on dinner and i hugged his back. "did it restore your faith in humanity?" he asked. "yes," i said.
i said goodbye to these two sculptures over the we i said goodbye to these two sculptures over the weekend. there's a whole slurry of feelings when i sell a sculpture or vessel. it's always amazing to see people connecting with my work, to want to incorporate it into their homes and lives, and i certainly appreciate adding coin to my coffer. every work i create is deeply meaningful to me and i spend a lot of time with each piece, so i can't help but feel a little sad about parting ways. i know it's woo, but i embrace each piece to impart some good energy before sending it on its way.
i've been thinking a lot about food, specifically i've been thinking a lot about food, specifically the food grown and harvested by people. i've been thinking about how our systems of production and distribution largely exploit BIPOC and benefit white people. these systems benefit the coffers of corporations and harm the land (from chemicals to packaging). meanwhile, it's BIPOC who are most likely to live in food deserts (places with limited access to affordable and nutritious food). the corporate food regime undermines food sovereignty at every turn. untangling ourselves from these systems is hard, and dismantling the systems is even harder. but we must if we truly want an equitable world. ... i've been collecting nylon mesh produce bags for the past year. i hate waste and i think it is an interesting material. i created this collage/meditation/installation using the nylon bags and submitted it to Art-in-Place, a collaboration between @cnlprojects and @terrainexhibitions that invites artists to exhibit an original work of art outside their home or from a window visible to the public between may 20–august 23, 2020. link in profile.
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