these texts are an archive of my life in the San Francisco Bay Area from march 2007 - march 2015. it stands as a record of close to a decade of my life, charting the struggles i faced as an artist, daughter, and lover. messy and chaotic at times, eloquent and poetic at others, these texts are an index i am proud of. it was here in this electric box that i learned how to be honest about my experiences and the person i needed to become. it was here that i first learned the truism that words make the world and how to trust such a beautiful, rife, hard fact.

thank you for meeting me here in such tall grass.


my artist website is here.

Jun 13, 2011

the luck of the thing

strangeness twined inside this light. suddenly she comes in her robes and curls, lip-sticked and smiling, that image that i've always had of her: full and bright and tall.

one of my aunts, one of my mother's sisters, had a heart attack and, though she is okay, it shakes us all so violently and the recent death we've all just seen comes flying up to face us again. we all become the mirror of it. we all walk around, mirrors on legs, shining the horror of it, the quickness and inexplicability of this damn life. too motherfucking short. should i be thankful to have learned this so early in life? or waste even more time than i already have on feeling cheated?

i make the sweaters. i work them like diaries. twist twist knot and turn. you will all at least have these peculiar objects to snuggle in and warm yourselves with when my day finally comes and i am gone. the sweaters and every image and every word i can muster. everything.

2 comments:

Radish King said...

I am so thrilled to have your art and your friendship in my life. You can't even imagine how Alpha will change my space and my practice once she is safely on the wall. I can hardly wait. Lots of photos forthcoming starring all of us.
love,
Rebecca

angela simione said...

oh, i can't wait for her to be home with you!!! and YES for pictures! hahaha! and i am definitely, overwhelmingly thrilled as well to have your art and your friendship in my life, love. :) thank you for all your faith. it is a good and right Gold.

<3