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The Leaves
There is not past, no future; everything flows in an eternal present. James Joyce, quoted by Jacques Mercanton Why should I say what I feel? Why must I make grief legible?Who is the audience? Myself or you? Which you?I am an almond, a slivered part of a greater whole. (I hope you see me).Time ticks… Continue reading
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Sex as World-Making
Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation. The other eight aren’t important. Henry Miller, Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch CN: sex, kink, second person erotic address Corporeal: of matter. From corpus: of the body. Material: earthly, from the ground. From materia: wood, timber, that which we build with. See also mater:… Continue reading
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Interlude: I’m in the Woods
It is officially my fellowship year, which means I have to actually write my dissertation. I am certain I will still write here, but I don’t know at what rhythm. For this week, I’m in a cabin in the middle of the Ozark National Forest. I’ve restarted my estrogen and I’m going to spend a… Continue reading
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On What Is
A curious thing about the ontological problem is its simplicity. It can be put in three Anglo-Saxon monosyllables: ‘What is there?’ It can be answered, moreover, in a word— ‘Everything’—and everyone will accept this answer as true. W.V.O. Quine, “On What There Is” Perdure. A part of me is here; a part of me will… Continue reading
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We All Fall Down
You don’t have to be a hero to save the worldIt doesn’t make you a narcissist to love yourselfIt feels like nothing is easy, it’ll never beThat’s alright, let it out, talk to me Cavetown, “Talk to Me” CN: mention of disordered eating, drug use, loss, grief, death Memory is a way we relate, difference-in-repetition.… Continue reading
Fish In the Afternoon 