Elsewhere

“I feel the answer to your question will always exist outside the world as it presents itself, beyond the matters of the day, distinct from the temporal. It will be found within the mysterious, the unsettled, and the sacred, that faraway and intangible place where truth and music and your father reside.” — The Red … Continue reading Elsewhere

Father’s Day 2023

Marking the occasion.

…After These Messages

Who is the self who’s emerging from this season of my life?

Things I’m Noticing After Last Week

(Prefacing this post by saying I’m safe, just processing what’s happening and trying to keep tabs on what it all looks like on the inside. I’m too scattered to make art about it, so a list will do for now.) I’m on a zero-to-sixty short fuse, which is uncharacteristic for me. Screamed at my phone … Continue reading Things I’m Noticing After Last Week

Events of the Week

Even if he’s fine, we’re left carrying the weight of how it could’ve gone.

Familiar

Going through my father’s private papers and files after he died, a well-worn folder slipped to the floor. Faded to a pale blue, I could only imagine how thickly covered it was in my father’s prints. I picked it up gingerly and breathed it in – it smelled like Dad – a stab of grief. … Continue reading Familiar