We actively sought the fireworks shows this year. I don’t remember doing that ever before. I can remember loving seeing the huge bursts in the distance, and alternatively the small family displays from the stash confiscated by the police which somehow made it to the cottage, and burned a hole in the dock. Being the slightly fearful audience of the chance of unexpected explosion, missing fingers, forest fires, I at least wanted to see them in the comfort of the country.
The fireflies gave a good pre-show, and the smoke overshadowed the stars, but not the fingernail moon.
Fabric printing! I have the uncommon access to use a long-arm quilting machine for custom quilting, and challenge why not experiment with it on custom fabrics? Part of this idea has come from necessity, and also from the familiarity of operating this etsy shop. Another reason is because I saw this quilt and thought it …
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One word at a time to understand. The gaps in meaning between our words grow, the more casual our conversations become. Quince is a fruit I’ve tasted and not known. Why did I travel so far to learn this? This is an old place, but no older than where I come from. There’s just more …
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On the hour long drive to my Aunt Pam’s house is another house of note. For years we would pass it. My Grandfather in the passenger seat, driver’s seat, backseat, and then eventually through my mother’s voice, and my own, would point out the house. That’s the house where they found the bodies in the …
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I love my job, my people, my space. Still, the drive to attain a more permanent position, and my imaginative spirit give rise to fantastical other realities. I’ve made a series of false origin biographies that I’ll be posting. The first has something to do with being raised by wolves…
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When I work at home by myself, I ignore meals since they interrupt the massively urgent work I have going on… Lately, meals have been much more of an occasion. This is the last lunch.
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We’re hashing out ideas, working on a plan for this site, and enjoying an espresso. Posted from my phone for the first time!
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Gothic novel weather, encounters with old friends, villains lurking behind the skeletal trees… OOOOOOO I have the beginning of a wonderful ghost story! Boo. (yes, these are my spectral greys)
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This interview took place over a few coffee house meetings, a studio visit, and several emails. We corresponded with this interview question series in June and July of 2010, as Porter prepared for an exhibition at Spoke, an artist-run exhibition space in Chicago. He recently self published a catalog including this interview, and will be …
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I inherited a bunch of paint and brushes from my grandmother. The box sat in my grandfather’s basement for 16 years before he passed and the family bequeathed it to me. It smells horrible. Oil paints, linseed, and other painting equipment already smell old and dank to me; and the excitement of olfactory overload has …
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"How many times have I looked at this work Experimental Utopias In America? MANY http://t.co/kKB5lLIs""“@goodreads: "Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings." perfect sentiment for my first collaboration with a poet!""Ste found a "quail nut" in a bag of peanuts - also known as "American Nuts"... It's cute. We won't eat it. http://t.co/atePKMVo"