Category: identity

• Deleuzian Desubjectification

  Aug 21

  I often think about who I am. What I mean is that the I remains still impenetrable & ungraspable to that which would comprehend something, including very much that which… more ›

• Mardi gras

  Feb 21

  I learned the language of angels in a religious experience on Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras 1987. One night I had decided to walk among the heathen so that my… more ›

• LMP

  Jan 17

  Here’s something I wrote almost 17 years ago as part of a larger project about identity, specifically about my identity. Lisa Marie Presley and I were born on the same… more ›

• Physical/Labor

  Oct 3

  As many books about the subject can attest, performance art calls into question passed-down notions of identity and subjectivity. At one extreme, the art attempts to dislocate (if not outright… more ›

• Burden of Light

  Aug 10

  “A figure dressed in white, walks along the white line in the middle of the highway. He becomes visible only when sporadically lit by the headlights of on-coming cars.” From… more ›

• The Bride from Odessa

  Dec 21

  Some nights I am overcome by a strange sensation that I can only define as cultural nausea.  When Chris Marker, in one of his rare interviews, recommends a book, you… more ›

• The Poet in His Labyrinth

  Nov 23

  “Criticism unfolds the possibility of freedom and is thus an invitation to action.” “Criticism tells us that we should learn to dissolve the idols, should learn to dissolve them within… more ›

• SD1-989, or Why I Cried During the Slowdive Concert

  May 7

  Slowdive Concert, Granada Theater, Dallas, April 2018 I see several concerts every year, and I recently saw Slowdive for the second time live. Near the end of the concert they… more ›

• Memories of Uncle Bob

  Dec 26

  Last week we buried Uncle Bob. Despite the fact that the bar was ridiculously low, he was nevertheless my favorite uncle. Two of my earliest memories are of him. I… more ›

• Monday Mix 01092017: Bowie

  Jan 9

  A year ago David Bowie died. It broke my heart. Though I never met him or saw him perform live, he helped define the context of my life and thinking,… more ›