invitational.
Toronto. November 15th, 2023.
We foolishly expect the horrors we invite to withdraw when dismissed.
creative destruction.
Toronto. October 21st, 2023.
The remains of the worldly tethers that restrained us will be the foundations upon which we build our new prisons.
radical care.
Toronto. October 14th, 2023.
Some behave as though it is costly to become invested in the well-being of another person. The cost to them is power.
hearing things.
Toronto. October 11th, 2023.
The phantom voices of the things we fear most, whispering to us from within the whitenoise of our intentional forgetfulness.
accumulating pain.
Toronto. October 10th, 2023.
The more we come to understand our world, the more we are dogged by a powerlessness of our own design. An accumulating pain.
Nothing worse.
Toronto. October 4th, 2023.
They look us in the eye and tell us nothing has got worse. The ground falls out from under them and they smile defiantly.
touching signs.
Toronto. September 27th, 2023.
We can feel it, this warmth at the edge of our hairlines, when someone acts with care towards us. It is this worm of kindness, burrowing its way into our brains.