Worthless. Humiliated. Deeply uncomfortable. Skin crawling. Awful. Shitty shit shitty fucking horror shit shit cock horror. Hate. Disdain. Awful, awful. Sad. Afraid. Unwelcome. Outside. Other. Ugly. Repulsive. Grotesque. Agnes. She wondered how, every time she appeared to be enjoying her time in Greenpoint. How, when things seemed like they were generally ok, she ended up … Read more
The recent appointment of Gina Haspel as CIA Director is a sign of a growing official approval for the use of torture, despite its illegality under international and US domestic law. It is widely known that she previously helped cover up US government torture. FRONTLINE reported recently that ‘Haspel ran one of the first black … Read more
George waits in the parked van. His mind is somewhere between sleep and the wood and the few hours that have passed since he tried to tell her it was over. Somehow he couldn’t pluck the words. The diesel cab reeks fags. The fan heater lifts condensation from the cracked windscreen. Usually these matters fizzle … Read more
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”11″ gal_title=”Magda”] Being self-taught, I am constantly seeking to reinvent what is familiar to me, and tap into the unknown through experimentation. This is my form of self-exploration and self-discovery. That said, I dabble in two distinct styles; I go back and forth between making portraits (but not strictly) that echo the old and … Read more
Come on in. Try our new Chicken Selects. Forget food. We should send them luggage. Watch this sexy star win in just five words. Do you like who your party elects? You could always reverse your mortgage. A better demographic is diehard nerds. We’ve never seen a storm like this before. Get cash: Sell us … Read more
My paintings are inspired by the simplicity and perfection in Nature, revealing what our soil provides for us. I am moved by other botanical artists, portraying plants in a natural way, sometimes illustrating the features of each plant scientifically, or simply picturing their beauty without getting too methodical. Painting Nature is a way for me … Read more
If you are complaining about Climate Change, Brexit, Donald Trump, and all the cozening of late capitalism, I will not take you seriously if you have accepted, without very much thought, that there is only ever an arbitrary relationship between a signifier and what it signifies. I will say to you that you are closer … Read more
We say we are ready to be eaten by the music but have scant idea what that entails, what fire those geometric petals conceal. In need of advice, we turn to the dead: their eyes are forests, they cannot speak. This room begins to seem a temple raised to a pixellated god, to the warp … Read more
“What face?” I said again. I wanted to help. I wanted more wine. My flare-ups, real and imagined, may be related to all the drinking I do now. I think I drink every day, which seems shocking, until I try to conceive of getting through a whole day without drinking, which seems unfeasable. I handed … Read more
What a beautiful day to be a nihilist. The sun shatters like a wine glass on the sheer ocean. Someone is stretching a canvas on the patio. Little blue flowers whose names I will never know sprout up in the grass, crickets trill, an empty crab shell contemplates existence on the window sill— the compost … Read more