journal entry by me. 11/16/24
james baldwin-- nothing personal
You don’t have to belong everywhere!
"American spiders and their spinning work: A natural history of the orb weaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits" (1889)
Ocean Vuong, from “Someday I’ll Love Ocean Vuong”, Night Sky with Exit Wounds
Andrea Gibson, The Madness Vase
Donika Kelly,from “Love Poem: centaur”, Bestiary
Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke’s Book of Hours
May Sarton, Journal of a Solitude
Glennon Doyle, Untamed
Louise Glück, from “Otis”, Poems 1962 - 2012
Diluite me, I tell them. Make me easier to love.
Mary Oliver, "When Did It Happen?", Felicity
Patricia Smith, from Teahouse of the Almighty; “Building Nicole’s Mama”
[Text ID: “and she is an empty vessel waiting to be filled. / And she is waiting. / And she / is / waiting. / And she waits.”]
Clive Barker, The Bride and The Groom (1995)
Performance art by Michaela Stark at the Tate Britain via Instagram
Ana Mendieta: Imágen de Yágul (1973)