Field notes
Things that happened to me. Sometimes also photos.
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Temptation
No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good. A silly idea is current that good people do…
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My Reactionary Demands for Art
The artist is the creator of beautiful things Oscar Wilde In high school, I got into an argument with my art teacher. For a project…
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The Atelier
My stepfather, a sensitive, alcoholic, intelligent, paranoid, articulate, chain-smoking, erudite and irresponsible artist, had an atelier on the ground floor of an old apartment building…
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Stainless Steel
The oldest piece of kitchenware I own is a stainless steel teapot. The previous occupants had left it behind in a flat in England I…
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Sister: It’s good to have older siblings to look up to
One of my daughters, when she was four years old and wanted to show off to strangers, liked to inform them, “I have a lot…
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When I Broke My Brother’s Nose
The moment my brother was old enough to travel, he flew to Thailand to study mixed martial arts. In the years leading up to this, he had…