The truth of it is that it’s always better to call. I got some disturbing mail from the New York State Tax board this week, but after sitting on hold for about ten minutes, I was able to clear up the situation. I feel like I’ve faced just about every “bad outcome” that one could… Continue Reading
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In response…
A friend wrote me a letter and after thinking about it for a while I decided that I wanted to respond to it here. He consented graciously to me reprinting it: hi Nayland, I hope you’re enjoying your travels. Can you answer me this? How do I keep the faith when everyone tells me my… Continue Reading
Eye opener.
Current Book: Louis Menand – American Studies Last night I read “The Long Shadow of James B. Conant” an essay from the above mentioned book. I case you don’t know who Conant was (I didn’t), He served as Harvard university’s president from 1933 to ’59 and was intimately involved with the creation of two items… Continue Reading
Five more questions – courtesy of Thor
What, if anything, have you learned from your students, and/or the process of teaching? Teaching continually confronts me with the dilemmas in my own process. When I talk to my students about their difficulties, their stopping places and moments of fear, I am able to see the similarities in my own situation. So from listening… Continue Reading
What I did, did I?
Ok, so here it is: I now have three shows up: new work in London, retrospective at the Tang in Saratoga Springs, and collaboarative video installations in San Francisco. So i think i can say that the harvest season is over. Next official deadline: new two channel video piece for group show in Jan. This… Continue Reading
Mid aft slump
Past the burnout of the past couple of days. Overslept this morning, but that left me in a much better mood than previously. Obviously I needed it. There are still many things to take care of on the rapidly-approaching horizon, but at least my conciousness doesn’t seem as sporadic as yesterday. One thing I forgot… Continue Reading
Arianna = Zsa Zsa?
I am so glad I am not living in California right now. Actually this entry is an excuse to list my current mood as “moody”. If only there was an option for moodily moody. Late yesterday I ran over to the gallery to meet with Sarah, the designer who is fabricating “the big one” the… Continue Reading
Back to….
Autum came crashing in on NYC this weekend. The weather turned so quickly that it felt like God was channel surfing. (I’m bored! Let’s make it Fall!) And with the season has come the actual beginning of the new MFA program here at the ICP. It was unnerving to sit down in front of the… Continue Reading