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The Mayfly of Dorian Gray
How to plan for, and anticipate, artistic obsolescence.
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White Mexican Artist
In the fall of 2021, the artist Xaviera Simmons, who is a friend, called me to invite me to collaborate on an article about race as part of a magazine…
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Dark (and Bright) Nights of the Soul
Nyctophobia, Nyctophilia, and performing sonnets at 3am
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March 2024

Osco
Performance excerpt from "A Journal of the Year of the Pharmacy" (2021)
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Marjorie Perloff and the Cake Shops in the Nevsky
Remembering an indefatigable genius.
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Gossip Makes this Art World
The ugly usefulness, and worthlessness, of gossip.
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Hopeless Restorations
Broken statues and radical theories of conservation.
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Sor Juana’s Room
On creative work while in isolation.
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Introducing the Studio for Education as Art
A pedagogical initiative for arts professionals.
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February 2024

Sisyphus and the Exhibition Catalogue
A few days ago I was cleaning my studio — I try to get rid of things that have inexplicably accumulated that I no longer need— when I encountered a…
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Renaissance Riddles
Resisting the urge to finding answers in art works.
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The Artist’s (Emotional) Model
Scattered notes about using, and fighting with, feelings.
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