Hello, reader. Happy leap day. How’s life? I interviewed my new friend Jess Coble of the Zero Collective about noise. I’m proud of how it turned out. I like what Jess told me about art practice: You are what you do, so do what you love. Yes, I live by that too. Please listen to… Read More »
“Dear! I think we did it!” I said to Ming. “We found a way for you to live in community, while I don’t live in community.” It was early morning, and Ming was about to go help someone cook food for homeless people to eat for breakfast. “Yeah!” Ming said. He took in my ideas… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I have four cracked teeth, or so the dentist tells me. So I’m always wondering when they’re going to break. On these pistachios? How about walnuts? How about a potato chip? Suddenly yesterday I thought of an alphabet game called I broke my tooth on a banana. Yes, it… Read More »
This post bamboo is a letter to my friend, if you would like to see how much I love plants. walk Dear friend, I went for a little walk this morning and looked at the plant I thought was bamboo. My phone told me that yes, it is bamboo–golden bamboo, the vulgaris. Bambusa vulgaris. Looks… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? Do you like folk punk? I loved it, before. I was a fiend for it. But then I got less enchanted. * I made this art: sacred objects. Thank you for being patient with me as everything I make needs to be orange and yellow. I like how it… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I have an essay and two poems in the new issue of Communities magazine. I’m happy many people might read my ideas about being disabled in community and how all bodies are valid bodies. There are some cute pictures I provided too. Communities magazine has been around longer than… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I want to tell you what I secretly do when Ming is not around. It’s so edgy! At night, when Ming is out and I’m home, which is very rare, I give myself a treat: I turn off all the lights. My treat is darkness. seed Do you like… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? People who use drugs are my people. So it makes sense I would try trip sitting. I don’t partake of much drugs myself. But users, addicts, people who have issues with substances are dear to my heart. content warning: brief mentions of suicide Why is that? I think because… Read More »
Hey, reader. How you doing? Do you know what music is for? Music is so pleasurable–for many of us, a reason to live. Music transmits culture. It sets a mood. And it can connect people to other people like nothing else. My homegirl Bag is a noise musician and does experimental electronics. She has a… Read More »
Hello, reader. How you doing? Drugs used in therapeutic ways can be powerful, like in ritual and ceremony. Ketamine and shrooms can be useful. But there’s potential for abuse when roles blur. A friend of mine was sexually violated in a drug situation that was supposed to be safe and healing. Standards for harm reduction… Read More »