On the Event of Love
Soft/hard ground, toner transfer, & aquatint etching,
blue ink on cream Rives BFK
blue ink on cream Rives BFK
Etching and printing as a healing process

Still, in silence, they decided to hug vanity and each other.
vain We joked about how we are both vain people, vain
questioning the sincerity within every [sincerity] act,
calling each other out on every moment of self-gratification.
"Stop performing!"
We enunciated.
Still, despite our bodily nakedness, we dreaded other exposures.
Still, in silence, we decided to hug vanity and each other.
o-e-t-a-h-c-e-r
We grew old as the motherland returned to youth.

「amputation」「わたし」「我想你了」
「截肢」
と
「I miss you」
の
間に
挟んでしまった。
I was crushed
between
「咲きおわり」
and
「切断」
然而我拒绝切割
也无法停止思念
だから
I carved out a space between the either/or
among which I shall find hope
I was crushed
between
「咲きおわり」
and
「切断」
然而我拒绝切割
也无法停止思念
だから
I carved out a space between the either/or
among which I shall find hope

Light Switches
I tried to prove to you
I tried to prove to you
how the world is not
black and white
while
you turned my world
on and off.

Deconstructed Love