Attention must be paid

I’m playing another memory game. I want to recollect the books I’ve read. Because there are no diaries or commonplace books or journals to refer to, I start by listing the books I’ve reviewed. Then I go to my Chicago Public Library account and scroll through the history but it turns out to be 95%Continue reading “Attention must be paid”

Trash Heap

The more I give away, throw in the trash, repurpose, the more stuff there seems to be. No matter what I do it just keeps piling up. When I started making art and writing out of old letters and ephemera during lockdown, I thought it would keep serving as jumping-off points and inspiration for yearsContinue reading “Trash Heap”

Opposite Hand

There are eleven students in my class. A couple of them have definitely taken art classes before but most have rarely picked up a pencil for anything that wasn’t homework since they were little. I wrestle each week with how much or how little to tell them about this thing I’ve been doing almost allContinue reading “Opposite Hand”