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People Who Come Back to Haunt Me

May 16, 2024May 16, 2024Ayin EsLeave a comment

Over the last few years, maybe more, I’ve been getting rid of the toxic people in my life. It hasn’t been easy because there were quite a few.

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Thoughts#connection, #disclosure, #disconnection, #haunting, #icemonster, #people, #personalreciprocation, #publishing, #suicide, #thepast, #writing

Five Years

May 9, 2024May 9, 2024Ayin Es1 Comment

I moved from Los Angeles to Joshua Tree coming on five years ago now, and a lot has changed. Pull up a chair; I have a lot to say about this.

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News, Thoughts#artworld, #changes, #community, #connection, #friends, #joshuatree, #losangeles, #radiohead, #transgender

The Curse

February 17, 2024February 17, 2024Ayin Es2 Comments

I hate being idle. I always have. On days when I’m forced to listen to my body and I need to relax, I only feel guilty. Where did this come from?

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Kvetches, Thoughts#ABLE, #artistslife, #cults, #curse, #dad, #drugs, #family, #help, #lazy, #napping, #narconon, #patternmaker, #scientology, #TV, #value, #working, #wwii

Overworking the Mind

February 6, 2024February 6, 2024Ayin Es2 Comments

I was in a bit of a slump there for a while. I wasn’t working very much. I’ve been tired, so I’ve been working on those little embroideries, which seem to take me forever. 

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Art & Process, Thoughts#composition, #coping, #distraction, #embroidery, #installation, #painting, #policereport, #rape, #sewing, #sketching, #stitching, #tired, #work

Inappropriate Appropriation

January 29, 2024January 29, 2024Ayin Es2 Comments

I write this while my head is reeling. I feel dizzy with pain and shame in the center of my cranium. A lot like a panic attack, but it’s not. It’s a realization.

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Art & Process, Thoughts#africanart, #africanhealing, #appropriation, #artistslife, #artwork, #culture, #drumming, #exhibtion, #idiotic, #ignorance, #installationart, #iwaswrong, #mistakes, #sangoma, #shaman, #soloshow, #zulu
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