Red Ribbon Leaving her childhood, grandmother watches, knowing it for now it has arrived. No longer fascinated by a simple ribbon. Will always have to have meaning in relationship to the outside world. Not simply attachment to the hair. All…
Holding Hair Back A flash of unexpected light in the middle of the night. Only needed to quench one’s thirst. Expecting no audience, so leave the bed unclosed. Someone lurks with a camera. Flashing you while you drink from…
Bayonets A notion of simplicity, that somehow the contrast of the two objects has meaning. A romanticization about one’s own power in a situation where you clearly have none. Is used as a method to subvert any real attempt at…
Forward Youth The past is often left behind, not forgotten, but simply slips away lost in the field of our remembrances. The young do not see the fields but only the trees and strive for a precise version of themselves. …
Conch Sea is far away, something not yet seen. Only evidence of its existence is a shell. Gift from someone who has recently been. They explain to you all you need to do is put your ear up against the…
Roar Arms extended, chest full of air, the voice announces itself to the world. No holding back, no introspective to these sounds, only pure power. Coming from a place of not anger but passion to be heard on the moon. …
Beach Boys The summer has started, it’s time for all the young men to head to the beach. Show the girls their muscles in their small bathing suits. The ritual of the flirtatious beach party. Made real through American movies…
Motionless In Crowd All dressed up for an event did not choose to attend. An obligation of time, clothing you are too young to refuse. Maybe if you stand motionless all disappear. There you are midst a crowd of people…
White Face Why is it such great power based on the particular color of the skin of this man? Laying on the green pasture of my country. I carefully cut my own face from the whitest paper butt, it is…
Funeral Veil The final moments of the process for saying goodbye. It was inevitable and has been accepted for a long time before. But, like the veil that covers a face, disguises its expression. The veil conceals the true identity…
