Aug 2Bacon’s Black Triptychs: Art, Memory, Body“I think that life is violent and most people turn away from that side of it in an attempt to live a life that is screened. But I think they are merely fooling themselves. I mean, the act of birth is a violent thing, and the act of death is…Art5 min readArt5 min read
Jan 4, 2021Untitled (“Coming Out Poem”)This piece was written for and performed at Hear Us Roar: An LGBTQ+ Cabaret (October 24, 2015). Although I had begun my uncloseting process about a year prior, it served as my first public “coming out.” It contains frank discussion of closeting and homophobia. …LGBTQ5 min readLGBTQ5 min read
Oct 27, 2020King, Mitchell, and MyselfOn Tapestry, Blue, and the transcendent power of a damn good record. — When I listened to Carole King’s Tapestry for the first time, I was riding down the interstate in the passenger seat of my best friend’s Toyota. …Essay3 min readEssay3 min read
Mar 23, 2020Member-onlyUnraveling Fantasy: The Homoerotic Neoclassicism of Jean Cocteauor, The Gay Surrealist Who Never Was. “Poets don’t draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently.” – Jean Cocteau, Dessins (1924) trans. Pierre Chanel[1] i. early life + work Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was born on July 5th, 1889, in a suburb of Paris. Recognized today primarily as…Art History17 min readArt History17 min read
