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FROM MICHAEL.
PROFESSOR GERD ON A CAMEL IN MICHAEL'S RECENTLY PURCHASED ALGEBRAIC NUMBER THEORY TEXT BOOK, BONN, GERMANY.
I NEED TO CALL PABLO TOMORROW. TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE MAN ABOVE US WHO USES HIS HEEL AS A BASS DRUM AT TWO IN THE MORNING (A SUPREME JAM-SESH HOUR).
THE STUDY OF FLAGS IS CALLED VEXILLOLOGY. THE LATIN WORD VEXILLUM IS THE DIMUNITIVE FORM OF THE WORD VELA WHICH MEANS SAIL. THEREFORE, A FLAG IS A LITTLE SAIL.
1. CONEY ISLAND PARACHUTE JUMP 1939. 2. SEE ROBERT IRWIN'S ON BEING AND CIRCUMSTANCE. 3. WE DECIDED TO WALK ON THE BOARDWALK, RATHER THAN THE STREET, BUT STILL MANAGED TO IGNORE THE BEACH RIGHT NEXT TO US. 4. VISIT: SMALL BEACHES IN SWEDEN. 5. WHEN DO YOU WANT PRIVACY? 6. I NEVER REALLY KNOW UNLESS I'M ANGRY. 7. STRANGE TWO TONED WOOD.
HAVE A SWEET DREAMS. - YOO YOUNG KYU (BEDROOM WALL, WILLIAMSBURG)
THIS LANDSCAPE WAS A NUMBER OF LONG HAIRED TENTS. LIKE BEDUIN TENTS, WHEN HEAT RISES, A MIST RAINS DOWN. IT HAS BEEN CLARIFIED THIS ISN'T DUE TO THE LONG HAIR. THE LONG HAIR IS JUST COMPLIMENTARY. PS1 GALLERY, QUEENS, NY. SHOWING NOW http://ps1.org/exhibitions/view/296
HOW WAS YOUR AFTERNOON
IT WAS SO NICE WE ACTUALLY JUST MADE IT DOWN TO [ ]
OH WOW ALREADY
YEAH WE DROVE THROUGH [ ] AND DOWN INTO OLD TOWN AND THEN HERE
WOW GREAT
YEAH WE WERE THINKING MAYBE WE COULD STOP AT THE STORE AND BUY SOMETHING FOR BREAKFAST
OH OK
WE WERE THINKING WE'LL JUST STOP SOMEWHERE ON THE WAY HOME
THERE IS NOWHERE ON THE WAY HOME
OH
THERE AREN'T ANY STORES
OH. OK.
UNLESS. MAYBE THERE'S A MARKET RIGHT NEXT TO THE RON'S FISH MARKET
WE'RE AT RON'S FISH MARKET
OH WELL IT WOULD BE RIGHT THERE THEN
ITS NOT HERE
OK THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT IT MUST HAVE CLOSED A FEW YEARS AGO. THERE'S NOTHING ON THE WAY. GO IN THE MORNING
OK THEN. YEAH. THAT SOUNDS GREAT. I GUESS WE'LL BE HOME SOON THEN
GREAT SEE YOU THEN
THE TRIP: A WALK, A TRAIN RIDE, A BUS SHUTTLE, A TRAIN RIDE, A TRAIN SHUTTLE, A WALK, A BUS, AND A WALK.
APPROXIMATELY 11;30-SOME TIME BEFORE 2.
AND THEN THERE WAS NO SUN.
ONLY YESTERDAY I TOLD PETER THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS MAY BE WHAT YOU WANT YOUR MOVIES TO BE ABOUT, CHILDREN AND BOATS AND TRAVELING AND WHISPERING, YOU CAN FEEL THOSE THINGS WITHOUT NEEDING TO SEE THEM. HE DOESN'T NEED TO FOLLOW A SCRIPT OF A SERENE ADVENTURE, WHEN IT'S EVERYTHING ELSE, ALL THE LIGHT AND SLOW MOVEMENT, THAT FEELS LIKE BOATS AND TRAVELING AND WHISPERING. YOU COULD MAKE A FILM ABOUT ANYTHING, PETER. YOU COULD MAKE A FILM ABOUT MIDDLE CLASS SCHOOL TEACHERS AND IT WOULD STILL FEEL AS YOU HAVE ALWAYS WANTED IT TO.
THE BEAUTIFUL POEM.
I GO TO BED IN LOS ANGELES THINKING
ABOUT YOU.
RICHARD BRAUTIGAN
WE'RE MOVING TODAY TO A PLACE WITH AN ARCHED DOORWAY. THERE'S A HOMEMADE MUSEUM DOWN THE STREET WITH THIS MAP OF ALL IMPORTANT SITES IN NEW YORK, REPRESENTED AS HOUSES, SUCH AS GRANDMAS, AND LIQUOR. IT'S A DONATION BASED KIND OF PLACE, THEY SAID TO GIVE ANYTHING IF I THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH IT. I DEFINITELY THOUGHT IT WAS, I JUST COULDN'T. BECAUSE I HAVE TO PAY FOR MY NEW ARCHED DOORWAY APARTMENT.
THIS IS MY INDIAN DRESS AND THAT WAS YOUR LAST NIGHT WITH HIM. I GOT IN THE SHOWER AFTER OLIVE LEFT AND WHEN I GOT OUT YOU HAD LEFT TOO. EARLY IN THE MORNING, I SAW YOU WHEN YOU WERE TWO BLOCKS AWAY FROM HOME. I AM READING TRAVELS IN THE SCRIPTORIUM, PAUL AUSTER,
:THIS IS A HUNK OF FUR:
OCCUPANTS RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT PROPERTY STORED IN MANHATTAN MINI STORAGE. THE LESSER IS NOT A BAILOR OR WAREHOUSEMAN IN THE BUSINESS OF STORING GOODS.
BRADY IS SIX YEARS OLD. SEVEN THIS COMING SPRING.
ZACHARY WON BECAUSE OF THE SCALED PERSPECTIVE OF THE SHEEP.
I TRIED TO PAINT THESE GIRLS BUT I COULDN'T. THE POSTURE WAS TOO STRANGE IT ONLY WORKS IN A PHOTOGRAPH.
SOFIA CAME TO LONDON FOR EIGHT DAYS, MISSED HER PLANE AND STAYED FOR NINE.
THAT NIGHT ULLA MADE A SALAD.
ONE BED OF MIXED GREENS
ONE SMALL BAG OF SUGAR SNAP PEAS:SMALL ROWS, ENOUGH TO COVER BED
SPREAD HALF A CUP OF PESTO MADE FROM
TWO HANDFULLS OF BASIL
ONE LEMON:JUICED
LOTS OF OLIVE OIL
PINCH OF SALT
WE WERE LYING IN BED THE OTHER NIGHT TRYING TO FALL ASLEEP, BUT ZACHARY GOT UP BECAUSE OF THE LIGHTNING. I TOLD HIM HOW LIGHTNING HAPPENS WHEN TWO CLOUDS HIT EACH OTHER AT NIGHT AND THAT THE STORM WAS SO FAR AWAY BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T HEAR THE THUNDER. HE SAID 'LIGHTNING IS LIKE NATURES FIREWORKS'.
THERE WAS AN UNEXPECTED MONSOON. MY FOOTAGE GOT ON 9NEWS. AND THEN WE GOT A PHONE CALL ABOUT IT.
THIS IS LIKE THE CHILDREN OF NARNIA. OR HANSEL AND GRETEL. OR OXFORD CHILDREN.
GERMAN MARKET, LONDON, 2008
WE CHEERED FOR THE ELDERLY. STOCKHOLM MARATHON 2009.
IT'S TOO BAD THAT 1000 PERFORMERS BECAME 1000 MEMBERS OF THEIR OWN AUDIENCE. THEY WERE WATCHING EACH OTHER. FILMING THE CROWD. AND ONLY SCREAMED ENOUGH TO BE HEARD BUT NOT TO MUFFLE THE AUDIO FOR THEIR OWN VIDEO OF THE EVENT. PAOLA PIVI, CONSIDER YOUR PERFORMERS. I WISH YOU HAD BEEN PRESENT.
AT ONE POINT IN OUR LIVES EVERYTHING SEEMS AS REAL AS ANYTHING ELSE. EVEN TWO DIMENSIONAL SPACE.
IF YOU ARE EVER IN BOSTON. ON CHARLES STREET. ON BEACON HILL. FIND PARAMOUNT CAFE FOR THE MOST PHENOMENAL GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH OF YOUR LIFE. AND EAT IN THE COMMUNITY GARDENS. IN BOSTON COMMONS ONE AFTERNOON.
ARE NUMBERS YOUR WORDS? WILL YOU TELL ME ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN? HAVE YOU EATEN YET TODAY? IS THIS HOW IT'S GOING TO BE, WITH YOU SOMEWHERE ELSE AND OUR FAMILY SO PROUD? YOU WOKE UP WITH YOUR MUSIC STILL ON. YOU ARE MY BIG BROTHER. INDIAN GIVER. I TOLD YOU I COULD DO IT.
STILL FROM A VIDEO ABOUT ORANGE SEEDS.
JOE ASKED WHAT WAS GOING ON SO I REACHED MY HAND UP TO TAKE A PICTURE OVER THE CROWD AND TOOK A PICTURE OF SOME HAIR. TWO BLONDS AND A RED-HEAD WITH A BLUE HAIRCLIP STANDING SOMEWHERE IN FRONT OF US. BUT THEN. LIKE A WAVE OF GLORY. HERE CAME THE QUEEN'S BAND ON HORSEBACK! ULTIMATELY, TO BE ABLE TO PLAY A TRUMPET WHILST RIDING A HORSE AND LOOKING OFFICIAL, PATRIOTIC AND JOYOUS IS BORDERLINE CIRCUS ACT IMPRESSIVE. BUT IN UNIFORM. AND THESE BOYS WERE BARELY OF AGE.
PUTTING YOUR FINGERS OUT THE WINDOW HELPS WITH CAR-SICKNESS. IT'S EITHER THE COLD OR THE FEELING OF MOTION THAT ONLY EXPERIENCING WITH YOUR EYES IS WHAT MAKES YOU SICK. THAT'S THE THING. IF YOU CAN FEEL THAT YOU ARE MOVING SO FAST, FEEL THE SPEED ON YOUR HAND, IT'S NOT A NAUSEATING ILLUSION, OR MOVING SCENERY. IT'S 60 MILES PER HOUR ON A CURVING ROAD. TRUST ME.
CAROL IS 81? 82? WATERSKIS AND WEARS MISMATCHED FLIP-FLOPS SHE FOUND WASHED ASHORE THE BOULDER RESERVOIR, COLORADO. SHE IS THE TREE PLANTED NEXT TO THE BOAT HOUSE AND SUN-DRENCHED LEATHER SKIN OF A WOMAN WHO GREW UP WORKING AS A GATE GIRL IN THE 50'S, WORKING OVERTIME BECAUSE SHE LOVED THE LAKE, SLEEPING ON THE SHELVES OF THE MAINTANENCE CLOSET AND WAKING UP EARLY TO MY MOM AND I BRINGING HER BREAD AND COFFEE WHEN THE SUN CAME UP. WE FOUND HER SNORING IN A SLEEPING BAG ON MY PARENTS BED ONE EVENING AFTER A PET SITTING WEEKEND. AND ONCE I SAW HER CASCADING SKIN WHEN SHE STEPPED OUT OF THE LOCKER-ROOM SHOWER WITHOUT KNOWING I WAS THERE. SHE ALWAYS LET ME DRIVE HER GOLFCART LIKE A RACECAR. AND REMEMBERS EVERY MOMENT OF EVERYONE'S LIVES WITHOUT THEM KNOWING HER NAME. SHE'S AS MUCH A PART OF MY FAMILY AS ANYONE COULD EVER BE AND I STILL REMEMBER LEARNING THAT BANANAS ARE HIGH IN POTASSIUM. SOMETHING IS KEEPING HER YOUNG. I HOPE SHE LIVES FOREVER.
THE SUN SET AROUND BOARDING TIME. 9:15 PM, SKAVSTA AIRPORT, SWEDEN. IS LIGHT BRIGHTER WHEN AIR IS THINNER? AND IS COLOR STRONGER WHEN AIR IS THICK?
SWEDEN IS BEAUTIFUL EVEN WITHOUT THE SUN. OR A SETTING SUN. THIS IS POST SUNSET BLUE OF THE NORTH.
PINK SKY AFTER A STOCKHOLM SUNSET. RECOMMENDATION: 9:40 FLIGHT FROM SKAVSTA AIRPORT, SWEDEN
AS WE ROSE THE SUN ROSE.
EVERYONE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PLANE WATCHED THE SUN SET AGAIN FROM 14,000 FT.
THIS IS STOCKHOLM MAY.
THE PHOTO WAS A PART OF AN EXHIBITION OF FOUND PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY OF MEN TOGETHER WITH MEN. THEY WERE IN LOVE. THEY WERE SITTING IN LAPS. THEY WERE HOLDING HANDS AND GAZING OUT SEDUCTIVELY. THEY WERE SHARING SOMETHING SILENT. BUT PERHAPS IT WASN'T LOVE. AND IT WAS JUST A STAGE. AND HIS HAND ON HIS KNEE AND KNEELING NEXT TO HIS CROSSED LEGS IS JUST ANOTHER STAG DANCE PHOTOGRAPH. OF THE BOYS.
MY VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF INFINITY AND RANDOMNESS. AFTER RED WINE AND A STIMULATING LECTURE ON CHAOS BY MY BROTHER MICHAEL. A MATHEMATICIAN. PURE MATHEMATICIAN. NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THAT OF THE APPLIED, HE SAYS. THE ONLY VISUAL REPRESENTATION I COULD MAKE OF ANYTHING OF GREAT WEIGHT WAS A CIRCLE. INFINITY:CIRCLE. ABSENCE:CIRCLE. CONSCIOUSNESS, ENGAGEMENT, SLEEP:CIRCLES. AN EIGHT YEAR OLD NAMED AIDAN ONCE TOLD ME HE WAS GOOD AT DRAWING CIRCLES. HIS LOOKED ALMOST IDENTICAL TO MINE.
ANYTHING WITH TWO APPARENT HOLES MAY BE TURNED INTO A PAIR OF GLASSES. AND IT'S AMAZING HOW IT CONTINUES TO BE FUNNY EVERY SINGLE TIME. IF VIDEO CHATTING WASN'T THE FOUNDATION OF MY LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP, MOMENTS LIKE THESE WOULD NEVER BE POSSIBLE. IT'S LIKE AN EXHIBITION.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SUN.
IT WAS THE MOST AMAZING THING, RIDING ON THE BUS TO SCHOOL THAT DAY. I HAD CHECKED THIS BOOK OUT OF THE LIBRARY AND THE MAN AT THE DESK SAID 'OH. YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON TO CHECK THIS BOOK OUT.' I NICELY REPLIED 'OOH. WOW. THAT'S NICE.' BUT INSIDE I WAS FIREWORKS. AND ON THE BUS THAT DAY WHEN I TURNED THE PAGE AND REALIZED I HAD SKIPPED TWO, I COULD HAVE DIED OF THE EXCITEMENT OF SEEING SOMETHING FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT NO ONE IN CHELSEA LIBRARY HAD EVER SEEN. I FELT LIKE I WAS DOING SOMETHING WRONG TEARING THOSE PAGES, BUT I FELT LIKE AN ARCHEOLOGIST. AND THE TITLES OF EACH PAGE ARE THE MOST INCREDIBLE COUPLIINGS. I'D LIKE TO WRITE A WHOLE BOOK FOR EACH. I UNCOVERED A GENIUS TITLE BANK ON THE BUS THAT DAY.
THIS IS THE COLOR OF MY BEDROOM WALLS IN NEW YORK CITY. MORNING CRICKET. PETER FOUND THESE DOORS IN CUBA AND TOOK A PHOTOGRAPH. IT WAS A FAIRLY RECENT REVELATION THAT THIS WAS THE COLOR OF MY LIFE. SO NOW I SEARCH FOR IT EVERYWHERE. ANYONE IS WELCOME TO HELP. THANK YOU PETER.
BED SHEET PROJECTION.
JOE'S DESKTOP PHOTO JO MOWAT.
CURRY FOR THIRTY.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY OSCAR.
I MADE MY BED INTO A COUCH AND JOSEF AND I SLEPT ON IT.
ACCORDING TO HARRY'S CALCULATIONS, OUR RECIPE CALLED FOR 14 FINELY CHOPPED ONIONS. AND WE CRIED. IT HURT SO BAD AND AS SOON AS IT PASSED WE DECIDED TO ADD THE CHILE POWDER WHICH, OBVIOUSLY, SPILLED ON ONE OF OUR FOUR SCORCHING BURNERS AND TURNED INTO POISONOUS AIR THAT WAS COMPARABLE TO TINY KNIVES INSIDE ONE'S ESOPHAGUS. SENSATIONAL. FAR WORSE THAN PUTTING MY FACE INTO THE GIANT BOWL OF GLISTENING ONIONS WITH MY EYES OPEN. SO WE LET IT BURN. AND OPENED THE WINDOWS. AND PEOPLE LOVED IT. AND THANKED HARRY FOR SUCH A LOVELY MEAL. EVEN THOUGH. I. WAS AT LEAST HALF OF THE TEAM. WHATEVER. IT WAS MY APARTMENT AND EVEN THOUGH I HAD BEEN SO GRACIOUS TO TRANSFORM MY BEDROOM INTO A LUXURIOUS PARTY PAD, OUR THIRTY GUESTS PREFERRED TO SPEND THEIR NIGHT IN OUR BROWN CARPETED HALLWAY, OR SITTING NEXT TO THE KITCHEN SINK. IT WAS OSCAR'S 21ST. AND 3 PEOPLE SLEPT IN MY BED WITH ME.
IN THE AUTUMN FARMERS FARM BY MOONLIGHT. THE HARVEST MOON OCCURS NEAR THE MOON'S FULLNESS IN THE AUTUMN MONTHS, AROUND THE TIME OF THE AUTUMNAL EQUINOX. HARVEST MOONS ARE OFTEN MISTAKEN FOR HUNTER'S MOONS, HOWEVER THE HUNTER'S MOON IS THE FIRST FULL MOON AFTER THE HARVEST MOON. HARVEST MOONS ARE WARM BECAUSE OF HOW SOON THE MOON RISES AFTER THE SUN SETS AND THE AMOUNT OF ATMOSPHERIC PARTICALS ON THE HORIZON THAT TURN WHITE LIGHT INTO ORANGE. THIS LAST SEPTEMBER, WE HAD THREE HARVEST MOON NIGHTS, HOWEVER IT IS OFTEN ONLY ONE, OR MAYBE TWO, A YEAR. EVEN THOUGH SCIENCE EXPLAINS THE LARGENESS OF A RISING FULL-MOON AS MOON ILLUSION, I'M POSITIVE HARVEST MOONS REALLY ARE CLOSER. AND WATCHING A HARVEST MOON RISE OVER A LAKE IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING IN THE WORLD.
THIS BAG BOY IS ONE OF TWO BROTHERS WHO LIVE NEXT DOOR TO MY PARENTS IN BOULDER, COLORADO. BOTH ARE AUTISTIC AND ABSOLUTELY LOVELY AND ASIDE FROM DANGEROUSLY RIDING BIKES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND CRASHING THEIR FATHERS CAR THROUGH THE GARAGE DOOR ONE MORNING BEFORE SCHOOL, THEIR EXPERIMENTAL PLAYING IS HARMLESS. TODAY, DAD WAS MOWING THE LAWN.
ARIJIT TOLD US US HOW HE WAS RECENTLY SAVED ROM DROWNING BY SOME AMERICAN GIRL AND SPANISH GUY WHILE VISITING SOME COAST OF ITALY FOR A MATH CONFERENCE. KIM ASSURED ARIJIT THAT SHE DOESNT EAT DOG MEAT. LATER ARIJIT MADE DINNER FOR US. CHICKEN CURRY AND DAAL. IT WAS ALL VERY TENDER AND SAUCY AND GOOD. YOU CAN SEE HOW CRUNCHING NOISES FROM ARIJIT'S GENERAL DIRECTION MIGHT HAVE CAUGHT MY ATTENTION. HE SAYS HE LIKES EATING THE BONES.
I NEED TO CALL PABLO TOMORROW. TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE MAN ABOVE US WHO USES HIS HEEL AS A BASS DRUM AT TWO IN THE MORNING (A SUPREME JAM-SESH HOUR).
THE STUDY OF FLAGS IS CALLED VEXILLOLOGY. THE LATIN WORD VEXILLUM IS THE DIMUNITIVE FORM OF THE WORD VELA WHICH MEANS SAIL. THEREFORE, A FLAG IS A LITTLE SAIL.
1. CONEY ISLAND PARACHUTE JUMP 1939. 2. SEE ROBERT IRWIN'S ON BEING AND CIRCUMSTANCE. 3. WE DECIDED TO WALK ON THE BOARDWALK, RATHER THAN THE STREET, BUT STILL MANAGED TO IGNORE THE BEACH RIGHT NEXT TO US. 4. VISIT: SMALL BEACHES IN SWEDEN. 5. WHEN DO YOU WANT PRIVACY? 6. I NEVER REALLY KNOW UNLESS I'M ANGRY. 7. STRANGE TWO TONED WOOD.
THIS LANDSCAPE WAS A NUMBER OF LONG HAIRED TENTS. LIKE BEDUIN TENTS, WHEN HEAT RISES, A MIST RAINS DOWN. IT HAS BEEN CLARIFIED THIS ISN'T DUE TO THE LONG HAIR. THE LONG HAIR IS JUST COMPLIMENTARY. PS1 GALLERY, QUEENS, NY. SHOWING NOW http://ps1.org/exhibitions/view/296
HOW WAS YOUR AFTERNOON
THE TRIP: A WALK, A TRAIN RIDE, A BUS SHUTTLE, A TRAIN RIDE, A TRAIN SHUTTLE, A WALK, A BUS, AND A WALK.
ONLY YESTERDAY I TOLD PETER THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS MAY BE WHAT YOU WANT YOUR MOVIES TO BE ABOUT, CHILDREN AND BOATS AND TRAVELING AND WHISPERING, YOU CAN FEEL THOSE THINGS WITHOUT NEEDING TO SEE THEM. HE DOESN'T NEED TO FOLLOW A SCRIPT OF A SERENE ADVENTURE, WHEN IT'S EVERYTHING ELSE, ALL THE LIGHT AND SLOW MOVEMENT, THAT FEELS LIKE BOATS AND TRAVELING AND WHISPERING. YOU COULD MAKE A FILM ABOUT ANYTHING, PETER. YOU COULD MAKE A FILM ABOUT MIDDLE CLASS SCHOOL TEACHERS AND IT WOULD STILL FEEL AS YOU HAVE ALWAYS WANTED IT TO.
WE'RE MOVING TODAY TO A PLACE WITH AN ARCHED DOORWAY. THERE'S A HOMEMADE MUSEUM DOWN THE STREET WITH THIS MAP OF ALL IMPORTANT SITES IN NEW YORK, REPRESENTED AS HOUSES, SUCH AS GRANDMAS, AND LIQUOR. IT'S A DONATION BASED KIND OF PLACE, THEY SAID TO GIVE ANYTHING IF I THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH IT. I DEFINITELY THOUGHT IT WAS, I JUST COULDN'T. BECAUSE I HAVE TO PAY FOR MY NEW ARCHED DOORWAY APARTMENT.
THIS IS MY INDIAN DRESS AND THAT WAS YOUR LAST NIGHT WITH HIM. I GOT IN THE SHOWER AFTER OLIVE LEFT AND WHEN I GOT OUT YOU HAD LEFT TOO. EARLY IN THE MORNING, I SAW YOU WHEN YOU WERE TWO BLOCKS AWAY FROM HOME. I AM READING TRAVELS IN THE SCRIPTORIUM, PAUL AUSTER,
:THIS IS A HUNK OF FUR:
I TRIED TO PAINT THESE GIRLS BUT I COULDN'T. THE POSTURE WAS TOO STRANGE IT ONLY WORKS IN A PHOTOGRAPH.
THAT NIGHT ULLA MADE A SALAD.
WE WERE LYING IN BED THE OTHER NIGHT TRYING TO FALL ASLEEP, BUT ZACHARY GOT UP BECAUSE OF THE LIGHTNING. I TOLD HIM HOW LIGHTNING HAPPENS WHEN TWO CLOUDS HIT EACH OTHER AT NIGHT AND THAT THE STORM WAS SO FAR AWAY BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T HEAR THE THUNDER. HE SAID 'LIGHTNING IS LIKE NATURES FIREWORKS'.
THERE WAS AN UNEXPECTED MONSOON. MY FOOTAGE GOT ON 9NEWS. AND THEN WE GOT A PHONE CALL ABOUT IT.
IT'S TOO BAD THAT 1000 PERFORMERS BECAME 1000 MEMBERS OF THEIR OWN AUDIENCE. THEY WERE WATCHING EACH OTHER. FILMING THE CROWD. AND ONLY SCREAMED ENOUGH TO BE HEARD BUT NOT TO MUFFLE THE AUDIO FOR THEIR OWN VIDEO OF THE EVENT. PAOLA PIVI, CONSIDER YOUR PERFORMERS. I WISH YOU HAD BEEN PRESENT.
AT ONE POINT IN OUR LIVES EVERYTHING SEEMS AS REAL AS ANYTHING ELSE. EVEN TWO DIMENSIONAL SPACE.
IF YOU ARE EVER IN BOSTON. ON CHARLES STREET. ON BEACON HILL. FIND PARAMOUNT CAFE FOR THE MOST PHENOMENAL GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH OF YOUR LIFE. AND EAT IN THE COMMUNITY GARDENS. IN BOSTON COMMONS ONE AFTERNOON.
ARE NUMBERS YOUR WORDS? WILL YOU TELL ME ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN? HAVE YOU EATEN YET TODAY? IS THIS HOW IT'S GOING TO BE, WITH YOU SOMEWHERE ELSE AND OUR FAMILY SO PROUD? YOU WOKE UP WITH YOUR MUSIC STILL ON. YOU ARE MY BIG BROTHER. INDIAN GIVER. I TOLD YOU I COULD DO IT.
JOE ASKED WHAT WAS GOING ON SO I REACHED MY HAND UP TO TAKE A PICTURE OVER THE CROWD AND TOOK A PICTURE OF SOME HAIR. TWO BLONDS AND A RED-HEAD WITH A BLUE HAIRCLIP STANDING SOMEWHERE IN FRONT OF US. BUT THEN. LIKE A WAVE OF GLORY. HERE CAME THE QUEEN'S BAND ON HORSEBACK! ULTIMATELY, TO BE ABLE TO PLAY A TRUMPET WHILST RIDING A HORSE AND LOOKING OFFICIAL, PATRIOTIC AND JOYOUS IS BORDERLINE CIRCUS ACT IMPRESSIVE. BUT IN UNIFORM. AND THESE BOYS WERE BARELY OF AGE.
PUTTING YOUR FINGERS OUT THE WINDOW HELPS WITH CAR-SICKNESS. IT'S EITHER THE COLD OR THE FEELING OF MOTION THAT ONLY EXPERIENCING WITH YOUR EYES IS WHAT MAKES YOU SICK. THAT'S THE THING. IF YOU CAN FEEL THAT YOU ARE MOVING SO FAST, FEEL THE SPEED ON YOUR HAND, IT'S NOT A NAUSEATING ILLUSION, OR MOVING SCENERY. IT'S 60 MILES PER HOUR ON A CURVING ROAD. TRUST ME.
CAROL IS 81? 82? WATERSKIS AND WEARS MISMATCHED FLIP-FLOPS SHE FOUND WASHED ASHORE THE BOULDER RESERVOIR, COLORADO. SHE IS THE TREE PLANTED NEXT TO THE BOAT HOUSE AND SUN-DRENCHED LEATHER SKIN OF A WOMAN WHO GREW UP WORKING AS A GATE GIRL IN THE 50'S, WORKING OVERTIME BECAUSE SHE LOVED THE LAKE, SLEEPING ON THE SHELVES OF THE MAINTANENCE CLOSET AND WAKING UP EARLY TO MY MOM AND I BRINGING HER BREAD AND COFFEE WHEN THE SUN CAME UP. WE FOUND HER SNORING IN A SLEEPING BAG ON MY PARENTS BED ONE EVENING AFTER A PET SITTING WEEKEND. AND ONCE I SAW HER CASCADING SKIN WHEN SHE STEPPED OUT OF THE LOCKER-ROOM SHOWER WITHOUT KNOWING I WAS THERE. SHE ALWAYS LET ME DRIVE HER GOLFCART LIKE A RACECAR. AND REMEMBERS EVERY MOMENT OF EVERYONE'S LIVES WITHOUT THEM KNOWING HER NAME. SHE'S AS MUCH A PART OF MY FAMILY AS ANYONE COULD EVER BE AND I STILL REMEMBER LEARNING THAT BANANAS ARE HIGH IN POTASSIUM. SOMETHING IS KEEPING HER YOUNG. I HOPE SHE LIVES FOREVER.
SWEDEN IS BEAUTIFUL EVEN WITHOUT THE SUN. OR A SETTING SUN. THIS IS POST SUNSET BLUE OF THE NORTH.
THE PHOTO WAS A PART OF AN EXHIBITION OF FOUND PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY OF MEN TOGETHER WITH MEN. THEY WERE IN LOVE. THEY WERE SITTING IN LAPS. THEY WERE HOLDING HANDS AND GAZING OUT SEDUCTIVELY. THEY WERE SHARING SOMETHING SILENT. BUT PERHAPS IT WASN'T LOVE. AND IT WAS JUST A STAGE. AND HIS HAND ON HIS KNEE AND KNEELING NEXT TO HIS CROSSED LEGS IS JUST ANOTHER STAG DANCE PHOTOGRAPH. OF THE BOYS.
MY VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF INFINITY AND RANDOMNESS. AFTER RED WINE AND A STIMULATING LECTURE ON CHAOS BY MY BROTHER MICHAEL. A MATHEMATICIAN. PURE MATHEMATICIAN. NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THAT OF THE APPLIED, HE SAYS. THE ONLY VISUAL REPRESENTATION I COULD MAKE OF ANYTHING OF GREAT WEIGHT WAS A CIRCLE. INFINITY:CIRCLE. ABSENCE:CIRCLE. CONSCIOUSNESS, ENGAGEMENT, SLEEP:CIRCLES. AN EIGHT YEAR OLD NAMED AIDAN ONCE TOLD ME HE WAS GOOD AT DRAWING CIRCLES. HIS LOOKED ALMOST IDENTICAL TO MINE.
ANYTHING WITH TWO APPARENT HOLES MAY BE TURNED INTO A PAIR OF GLASSES. AND IT'S AMAZING HOW IT CONTINUES TO BE FUNNY EVERY SINGLE TIME. IF VIDEO CHATTING WASN'T THE FOUNDATION OF MY LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP, MOMENTS LIKE THESE WOULD NEVER BE POSSIBLE. IT'S LIKE AN EXHIBITION.
IT WAS THE MOST AMAZING THING, RIDING ON THE BUS TO SCHOOL THAT DAY. I HAD CHECKED THIS BOOK OUT OF THE LIBRARY AND THE MAN AT THE DESK SAID 'OH. YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON TO CHECK THIS BOOK OUT.' I NICELY REPLIED 'OOH. WOW. THAT'S NICE.' BUT INSIDE I WAS FIREWORKS. AND ON THE BUS THAT DAY WHEN I TURNED THE PAGE AND REALIZED I HAD SKIPPED TWO, I COULD HAVE DIED OF THE EXCITEMENT OF SEEING SOMETHING FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT NO ONE IN CHELSEA LIBRARY HAD EVER SEEN. I FELT LIKE I WAS DOING SOMETHING WRONG TEARING THOSE PAGES, BUT I FELT LIKE AN ARCHEOLOGIST. AND THE TITLES OF EACH PAGE ARE THE MOST INCREDIBLE COUPLIINGS. I'D LIKE TO WRITE A WHOLE BOOK FOR EACH. I UNCOVERED A GENIUS TITLE BANK ON THE BUS THAT DAY.
THIS IS THE COLOR OF MY BEDROOM WALLS IN NEW YORK CITY. MORNING CRICKET. PETER FOUND THESE DOORS IN CUBA AND TOOK A PHOTOGRAPH. IT WAS A FAIRLY RECENT REVELATION THAT THIS WAS THE COLOR OF MY LIFE. SO NOW I SEARCH FOR IT EVERYWHERE. ANYONE IS WELCOME TO HELP. THANK YOU PETER.
BED SHEET PROJECTION.
THIS BAG BOY IS ONE OF TWO BROTHERS WHO LIVE NEXT DOOR TO MY PARENTS IN BOULDER, COLORADO. BOTH ARE AUTISTIC AND ABSOLUTELY LOVELY AND ASIDE FROM DANGEROUSLY RIDING BIKES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND CRASHING THEIR FATHERS CAR THROUGH THE GARAGE DOOR ONE MORNING BEFORE SCHOOL, THEIR EXPERIMENTAL PLAYING IS HARMLESS. TODAY, DAD WAS MOWING THE LAWN.
