(…there’s oh so much more, so stay tuned and wander back as I get my archive organized)
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“Sounding American” and the Bias of Speech
“Whiteness” is the sound of visibility and social currency.
“We Are Too Rare”: The Importance Of Inclusivity Behind Spike Lee’s ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ Reboot
“For the first time, I was with people of color occupying both sides of the screen, stamping our perspectives on history.”
—JANIS VOGEL, ‘SHE’S GOTTA HAVE IT’ EDITOR
Poetry is a divisive thing. Some live and breathe it, dissecting and crafting opaque phrases and thick, rich language with the fervor of a pig rooting for truffles.
“It’s like a de-evolution to get back into ourselves.”
— SENSOREE founder
Kristin Neidlinger
For a man obsessed with visions of the future, it seems both appropriate and strangely sad that Lebbeus Woods will miss the culmination of his work in SFMOMA's new exhibit, "Lebbeus Woods: Architect."
Like his infamous art, Woods' life was interrupted, and the schism between what is and what could have been echoes on.
Woods, who died in October 2012, is lauded as a kind of architectural prophet, drawing and sculpting intricate structures and spaces that defy authority, political ideologies, and even physics.
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AMNESIA AND OTHER GIFTS
The goodbyes have overturned the horizon and lay bare their seed on fertile ground; there is a pale face receding, framed by a curtained windowpane. He’ll rise, forgetting, but as he slides the curtains open and hears the tinny metal slide of the rings suspending them, he will be flooded with misery, a desire to lay back down in bed. The light filters through the trees—strange blocks of shadows dance on the wall. Some leaves are bright, mantis-green, backlit by the sun—others are fern-green, muted and shadowed. They tremble on their branches, the burgundy maple tree in the background reminds him of rust or blood. He turns and fingers the sheets where they used to lay, obsessed for many weeks with one another’s bodies.
//// INTERVIEWS
Tangled Up In ‘Blue’: Meet The Founder Of Oakland’s Rope Bondage Studio
A method for tying, torturing and parading prisoners may not seem ripe for a loving, consensual ritual, yet here we are.
Hojojutsu refers to a martial art used during the feudal Edo era in Japan; samurais used intricately knotted rope to torture and parade their prisoners.
“Society doesn’t stop at kink’s door. The structures and histories that we’re playing with are the same ones that exist outside of it.”
The Ravages Of American Poverty, An Interview with poet July Westhale
Unlike prose — which, arguably, is exponentially more interested in conveying a clear idea or image — poetry is delightfully layered and fractured, inviting interpretation like a beautifully wanton stare.
“The thing about poetry too is that it’s very economical. You have to figure out how to go a long way with very little. Everything is extremely intentional. Words aren’t there by accident.”