Here are the I ♥ Downtown Tucson posters that youth from the VOICES, Inc. Freelance Program created with guidance from Josh Schachter and me. They hung in the windows of Hotel Congress on August 20, 2009 and then in other downtown locations (TBA).
Thursday, August 20, 2009
I ♥ Downtown Tucson
Here are the I ♥ Downtown Tucson posters that youth from the VOICES, Inc. Freelance Program created with guidance from Josh Schachter and me. They hung in the windows of Hotel Congress on August 20, 2009 and then in other downtown locations (TBA).
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Body Truisms
A la Jenny Holzer. But with a focus on the body, since that's what I was thinking about when I wrote them. Like with Holzer's Truisms, some of these I believe, some I think are bullshit.
Some appeared in chalk on the bricks in front of Casa Libre with chalk with the teenage grrls writing class I teach. They wrote their own. Pretty kick ass: http://www.grrlsactivism.blogspot.com/
Here are mine:
A simple breath contains all we need to know and remember.
Breasts are either useful, erotic, or a nuisance.
Creating an alternate strategy in the presence of an obstacle is a sign of brilliance.
Dancing is good for one's mental health.
Evenness and symmetry are boring and undesirable.
Fingers are utensils worth washing.
Giving-in can yield pleasant sensations.
Hamstrings are the elevators of our daily lives.
Inspiration begins at the base of the spine.
Jumping will redefine your concept of gravity.
Kinesthetic travel expands one's range and reduces one's carbon footprint.
Laughter is more effective than sit-ups for toning one's abdominal muscles.
Memories are like back flips--you can land wrong and break something.
Never breaking a bone means you didn't try hard enough.
Old-age means nothing.
Pain is an opportunity to try something else.
Quivering muscles indicate the need to relax or pay more attention.
Rotating frequently ensures new perspectives, or a stomach ache.
Skeletons need not come out of the closet if they are carefully hung and preserved there.
Tongues are the see-saws of the soul.
Undulation reminds us that we are mostly water.
Vaginas are fists without fingers.
Walking is also dancing.
the Xiphoid process shouts the body's secrets.
You cannot successfully dwell outside of your body.
Zealousness can strain the scalenes.
Some appeared in chalk on the bricks in front of Casa Libre with chalk with the teenage grrls writing class I teach. They wrote their own. Pretty kick ass: http://www.grrlsactivism.blogspot.com/
Here are mine:
A simple breath contains all we need to know and remember.
Breasts are either useful, erotic, or a nuisance.
Creating an alternate strategy in the presence of an obstacle is a sign of brilliance.
Dancing is good for one's mental health.
Evenness and symmetry are boring and undesirable.
Fingers are utensils worth washing.
Giving-in can yield pleasant sensations.
Hamstrings are the elevators of our daily lives.
Inspiration begins at the base of the spine.
Jumping will redefine your concept of gravity.
Kinesthetic travel expands one's range and reduces one's carbon footprint.
Laughter is more effective than sit-ups for toning one's abdominal muscles.
Memories are like back flips--you can land wrong and break something.
Never breaking a bone means you didn't try hard enough.
Old-age means nothing.
Pain is an opportunity to try something else.
Quivering muscles indicate the need to relax or pay more attention.
Rotating frequently ensures new perspectives, or a stomach ache.
Skeletons need not come out of the closet if they are carefully hung and preserved there.
Tongues are the see-saws of the soul.
Undulation reminds us that we are mostly water.
Vaginas are fists without fingers.
Walking is also dancing.
the Xiphoid process shouts the body's secrets.
You cannot successfully dwell outside of your body.
Zealousness can strain the scalenes.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Me reading from the post-apocalypse
Just letting y'all know I'll be reading from my not-yet-finished novel next Wednesday evening, Jan. 21 at Casa Libre, 228 N. 4th Avenue, 7:30 pm.Two other readers as well--not sure where I am in the line up.
Here are more details: http://www.casalibre.org/programs/edge/jan09/jan09.html
Not sure what the selection will be just yet (a sprinkle of activism, a shake of chickens, a dash of compost toilet, a smidgen from the resurrected landfill, a little sex, a little longing, a little hope?), but if you feel like a little post-apocalyptic stew, come on down.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Why I Write
I contributed to Persephone Speaks, the online blog of Kore Press. The piece was for an application for a fellowship that I did not receive (boo). But it was an important exercise--to really think about and articulate why I write. Every writer should write an essay like that. Multiple times.
See the entry here (www.korepress.blogspot.com). It's the October 2008 listing.
See the entry here (www.korepress.blogspot.com). It's the October 2008 listing.
Monday, June 23, 2008
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