Category: absence

• Biomap

  Jul 2

  Since we’ll be losing our home in the next few months, I’ve been thinking a lot about the places I’ve called home for the past (almost) 40 years. Here’s a… more ›

• Marked by the trace and the testament

  Jun 13

  Derrida’s Learning to Live Finally–his last interview before dying in October 2004–is a brilliant testament to learning, living, and loving. This little book arrived today, and I eagerly read it… more ›

• Marked by the trace and the testament

  Jun 13

  Derrida’s Learning to Live Finally–his last interview before dying in October 2004–is a brilliant testament to learning, living, and loving. This little book arrived today, and I eagerly read it… more ›

• We’re changing our ways…

  Jun 9

  I always ever only as a rule per my self-proclaimed identification to be a musical purist (read: arrogant snob-prick) loved original versions of songs. Case in point: I spun into… more ›

• We’re changing our ways…

  Jun 9

  I always ever only as a rule per my self-proclaimed identification to be a musical purist (read: arrogant snob-prick) loved original versions of songs. Case in point: I spun into… more ›

• Memory of Loss

  May 24

  The dead will always outnumber the living. One of my favorite works at the Art Institute was Chagall’s 1938 White Crucifixion. In it Chagall chooses to depict the crucifixion of… more ›

• Memory of Loss

  May 24

  The dead will always outnumber the living. One of my favorite works at the Art Institute was Chagall’s 1938 White Crucifixion. In it Chagall chooses to depict the crucifixion of… more ›

• Liebe ist

  May 4

  After he walked out on her, she immediately returned to the apartment they’d shared overlooking the city center. Turning on the TV to see which song would define the post-breakup… more ›