AFTER DARK IT IS A RELIEF TO SEE A GIRL WALKING TOWARD YOU OR BEHIND YOU. THEN YOU ARE MUCH LESS LIKELY TO BE ASSAULTED.from The Living Series

AFFLUENT COLLEGE-BOUND STUDENTS FACE THE REAL PROSPECT OF DOWNWARD MOBILITY. FEELINGS OF ENTITLEMENT CLASH WITH THE AWARENESS OF IMMINENT SCARCITY. THERE IS RESENTMENT AT GROWING UP AT THE END OF AN ERA OF PLENTY COUPLED WITH REASSESSMENT OF CONVENTIONAL MEASURES OF SUCCESS.from The Living Series

IT CAN BE HELPFUL TO THINK OF THEM EATING THEIR FAVORITE FOODS AND OCCASIONALLY THROWING UP AND GETTING BITS STUCK IN THEIR NOSES.from The Living Series

YOU SHOULD LIMIT THE NUMBER OF TIMES YOU ACT AGAINST YOUR NATURE, LIKE SLEEPING WITH PEOPLE YOU HATE. IT’S INTERESTING TO TEST YOUR CAPABILITIES FOR A WHILE BUT TOO MUCH WILL CAUSE DAMAGE.from The Living Series

THE SMALLEST THING CAN MAKE SOMEBODY SEXUALLY UNAPPEALING. A MISPLACED MOLE OR A PARTICULAR HAIR PATTERN CAN DO IT. THERE’S NO REASON FOR THIS BUT IT’S JUST AS WELL.from The Living Series

WHEN YOU’RE ON THE VERGE OF DETERMINING THAT YOU DON’T LIKE SOMEONE IT’S AWFUL WHEN HE SMILES AND HIS TEETH LOOK ABSOLUTELY EVEN AND FALSE.from The Living Series

LITTLE QUEENIEANY NUMBER OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS LIE FACE DOWN ON THE BED AND WORK ON ENERGY, HOUSING, LABOR, JUSTICE, EDUCATION, TRANSPORTATION, AGRICULTURE, AND BALANCE OF TRADE.from The Living Series

MORE THAN ONCE I’VE AWAKENED WITH TEARS RUNNING DOWN MY CHEEKS. I HAVE HAD TO THINK WHETHER I WAS CRYING OR WHETHER IT WAS INVOLUNTARY, LIKE DROOLING.from The Living Series

GIFTED CHILDREN, THOSE WITH AN IQ OF 125 OR ABOVE, ARE PRONE TO FEELINGS OF ALIENATION, FRUSTRATION, AND BOREDOM. THESE FEELINGS CAN CULMINATE IN VIOLENCE IF THE CHILDREN ARE NOT ENCOURAGED AND CHALLENGED.from The Living Series

THERE IS A PERIOD WHEN IT IS CLEAR THAT YOU HAVE GONE WRONG BUT YOU CONTINUE. SOMETIMES THERE IS A LUXURIOUS AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE ANYTHING BAD HAPPENS.from The Living Series

IT CAN BE STARTLING TO SEE SOMEONE’S BREATH, LET ALONE THE BREATHING OF A CROWD. YOU USUALLY DON’T BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE EXTEND THAT FAR.from The Living Series

THERE’S THE SENSATION OF A LOT OF FLESH WHEN EVERY SINGLE HAIR STANDS UP. THIS HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE COLD AND NAKED, AROUSED, OR SIMPLY TERRIFIED.from The Living Series

THERE’S NO REASON TO SLEEP CURLED UP AND BENT. IT’S NOT COMFORTABLE, IT’S NOT GOOD FOR YOU, AND IT DOESN’T PROTECT YOU FROM DANGER. IF YOU’RE WORRIED ABOUT AN ATTACK YOU SHOULD STAY AWAKE OR SLEEP LIGHTLY WITH LIMBS UNFURLED FOR ACTION.from The Living Series

Murder Mind

Arms Merchant

Anthroposcopy

Untitled (Veteran’s Day Sale)

Grünes Seidentuch (Green Silk Scarf)

Gehirn (Brain)

Katze (Cat)

Winter

Between the Clock and the Bed

Untitled (Still Life)

Untitled (Memorial Day Weekend)

Untitled (Monument)

Untitled

Black Book

Caught One Lost One for the Fast Student or Star Catcher

Skull Snap, State I

Skull Snap

Telling Many Magpies, Telling Black Wolf, Telling Hachivi

Sun Sets on the Time Zone

The Bird of Paradise Approaches the Hot Water Planet