time has been slow here, but now it is certain: my days at 57 Department of Internal Affairs Street are numbered. after going through the ups and downs of a solo residency, from crushed-out excitement to awful loneliness, through all the novelties and frustrations of working in a strange environment as a near-mute illiterate, i [...]
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spring&summer
Friday, October 8, 2010
some folks in norway have awarded something very important to someone i am not supposed to mention. when you google him from here, google stops working for a few minutes. euphemism it is. today someone told me that june 4, as it’s called, remains largely undiscussed in china, officially speaking; and that when it’s briefly [...]
in precarious weather
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
this via bookninja has comforted me immensely, particularly the following points: 24 The writing life, like life in general, has a sacramental and a secretarial side. As years pass and duties accrue, the secretarial, clerical mode can grow like a lymphoma and start to squeeze life from the sacramental. 25 So learn to be irresponsible [...]
teetering on the play-saw
Monday, January 18, 2010
happy new year, gentle reader. i am feeling excited about 2010 and more than a little daunted. There is a lot on the agenda. In February i’m going to Hobart for a two-week residency. In March I’ll be in Berlin collaborating with choreographer and good friend, noha ramadan. and later in the year there will [...]
