poem: can’t touch this

poem: can’t touch this

As the artist set up his loops layering beats onto vocals creating his own backup being his own best friend and his own whipping boy — this young boy fresh faced and sheepishly grinning too young to call an artist with a straight face despite the truth of it — as I...
pipe bombs

pipe bombs

(above) “pipe bomb 1”   Inspired by Jason Isbell’s “24 frames” You thought God was an architect, now you know He’s something like a pipe bomb ready to blow And everything you built that’s all for show goes up in flames In 24 frames...
too dry to cry

too dry to cry

“too dry to cry” oil pastels & watercolors on paper layered under acrylic on glass. created in EDCT’s PaintED art therapy program.
the one with no central air conditioning

the one with no central air conditioning

C and I are currently locked in a battle to the death with the house we’re renting. This past spring, our landlord asked us if we wanted to buy it from her, but for various reasons (reasons that deserve their own post once I’ve let my rage dissipate),...
eve ate the apple

eve ate the apple

“eve ate the apple” mandala art inspired by the new single from Josh Ritter “Gettin’ Ready to Get Down” oil pastels & watercolors