I wondered if kicking him in the head would make the whole explanation pop out of his mouth in one chunk.
Life is much larger than how we image it, always, but society can be constricting in ways.
Some people think or expect that you should make the same kinds of art forever because it creates a convenient narrative. . . I want my work to embody my inherent contradictions.
I like that feeling when you’re making art, that you’re taking the energy out of your body and putting it into a physical object. I like things that are labor-intensive : you make a little thing and another little thing and another little thing, and eventually you see a possibility.
The point isn't to know what you're doing. The point is to have an experience doing something.
You can have fantasies about having control over the world, but I know I can barely control my kitchen sink. That is the grace I'm given. Because when one can control things, one is limited to one's own vision.
Art is a reflection of everything that impacts your life.
Anything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours.
The car picked up speed, and the sound seemed to lull me. I could relax, I thought as I felt the tingling of circulation in my limbs. I was in Trent’s car, wrapped in a blanket, and held in his arms. He wouldn’t let anything hurt me. He wasn’t singing, though,I mused. Shouldn’t he be singing?
There are Millions of people in this world. Then why are you born? The reason is, Allah is expecting something from you, which is not possible by Millions.
There were moments when she wasn't talking so much as fading into time, dropping back into some funnelled stretch of recent past.