Author Archives: dsamarov

A guy writes asking if I can Uber over a Frank Lloyd Wright book from my eBay store. He’s in Chicago on business and doesn’t wanna wait for it to be shipped. The book is the famous architect’s manifesto about how to build a home in tune with nature. The guy wants to do theContinue reading “Not a Cannibal”

LA is mostly sitting in traffic. My first day here I get stuck in gridlock on Santa Monica Boulevard between two art supply stores. I see the fire burning just north of there before turning east. I need mural paint and stupidly don’t check whether the first store stocks it before driving out. Now I’mContinue reading “Mural”

I salvage a TV box with a bunch foamcore packing from the alley. I wrap a large drawing, a collage, a gouache, and a couple oils in and tape it all up. I balance the box on my bathroom scale and round up the weight to twenty pounds. I buy postage and print out aContinue reading “Undeliverable Picture Society”