The people I love the best jump into work head first without dallying in the shallows and swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight. They seem to become natives of that element, the black sleek heads of seals bouncing like half-submerged balls. I love people who harness themselves, an ox to a heavy… Continue reading To be of use
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She wants a house full of cups and the ghosts of last century’s lesbians; I want a spotless apartment, a fast computer. She wants a woodstove, three cords of ash, an axe; I want a clean gas flame. She wants a row of jars: oats, coriander, thick green oil; I want nothing to store. She… Continue reading Untitled
When Battery Park City was a wheat field in 1982
In 1982, the artist Agnes Denes planted two acres of wheat on landfill that would become Battery Park City…
Shadow Puppetry
https://kottke.org/21/06/edo-period-shadow-puppetry-woodblock-prints
The Wife
“My wife would be a much better writer than me. But she has no desire to be out in the world. You have to find a way to not let it take too much out of you.” -Austin Kleon