#empty beds

[mayanhandballcourt]

Photographer Nan Goldin

[solarianloverboi]

New music for WLW Wednesday 😍✌🏼💖

[whooly-shep]

On empty streets and empty beds

Lady Walking at Night Downtown & Chilangos Restaurant in the Old Firehall, Belleville On by Jesus Estevez Fuerte, Pressure to Party by Julia Jacklin, Empty Street by MrMike89, Night Shift by Lucy Dacus

[arcadia-city-stories-if]

what if The ROs have a nightmare where MC die? and when they wake up MC not beside them?

Murphy -

Sits up in a panic, scanning for MC. Gets out of bed to check where they've gone. When he finds them, he pulls them against his chest, his face pressed to their hair. "Can't sleep?"

Shae -

Lets the fear pass. Dreams have their own language and Shae knows not to take them at face value. If MC has gone further than just to the bathroom, they'd get up and put the kettle on, making tea in an effort to soothe them both.

Callie -

Immediately gets out of bed to look for MC. Practically throws herself at them, hugging them close. "I had the worst dream."

Toni -

Tells themself it was just a dream. Lasts maybe a minute before they get up, knowing where MC will be and needing to see them. Tries their best to look casual as they lean out of the window and onto the fire escape, "Hey there hot stuff, got room for one more?"

Claude/Claudia -

They don't react well. They sleep little and dream even less. To wake to an empty bed after a dream like that would flair up old superstitions they've tried to outgrow. Would need to go find MC to reassure themselves.

[bavians]

Empty Beds by Nan Goldin (1979)

[patheticpoetry19]

Empty Beds

I miss the times

When we'd sleep from exhaustion

Because of fighting

While our backs face each other

On the bed

I wish we'd go back to that time

It's so much better than now

Because now

We wake up on an empty bed

With a shattered heart and pounding head

[briannamarie-art-blog]

Gallery Report // MOCA on Grand

A couple of weeks ago, I joined some of the photo classes to see the photo show happening at MOCA. This show featured the works of Brassai, Arbus, and Goldin. Overall, I thought that the exhibition was really interesting. It was cool to see so many photos in person that we’ve seen throughout our schooling and have talked about in class. I was mostly drawn to the works of Nan Goldin. This was very surprising to me because I remember being introduced to her work a few years back and being very turned off by the sexual and intimate nature of her work. Until now, I haven’t really been interested in digging deep into her work. 

I was mostly drawn to the top photo titled Empty Beds, Boston 1979. I actually almost cried when I saw this work. Visually it’s so beautiful and there is something so deep about it. To me, this photo feels like a portrait. A portrait of the people or person who have slept in it. There are many symbols for a bed as it is a very personal object - whether it be a place of rest or unrest for a person or a place of sexual intimacy. An unmade bed communicates some sort of messy vulnerability. Personally, I feel that this photo is strong because there is a raw and honest element to it.

Visually, I was also really drawn to the colorful triptych (bottom picture). The colors are so interesting and moody.

There was also an interesting element to Nan Goldin’s part of the show. Behind this black curtain there was a seating area with a slideshow of pictures playing. Music was playing and it was so interesting to see how the music effected the emotion and mood of the photos.

[badwolf-nine]

Missing

My bed has gone cold

My room... silent

Emptiness filling the air

No pretty words

This bird without song

No rhythm, no rhyme

Only distance

A farmer needs rain

An artist needs a muse

And I...

I need you

A flower without it's petals

I don't miss you

No

You are missing from me