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memory sequence 

ink on mylar 

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How many times is enough to apply to something- a lot of times you don’t get a grant the first time you apply but how many times do you try? Three times - I k ow that the reviewers think you should apply again but it is such a hit to be not chosen . I have been passed over recently and I don’t know how much I can go on. Without getting some encouragement. But I do think this every year- and loose heart - fall pick myself up and continue

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10 -5min monologues at lights out gallery in Norway Maine- your kindness is a weakness. Your kindness is a weakness. Your kindness can be perceived as a weakness. Short monologues that speak about work relationships- and power dynamics- what is art? What is ideas- the red phone- the light- makes you aware of something important- the phone ringing in a gallery breaks the silence of the room- conceptual art requires a incongruity to break the illusion- to call attention to itself-. When you pick up the phone someone is talking about personal introspective ideas - are you supposed to be listening to this is it to personal? Honest raw funny these monologues I feel are art

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There are known unknowns - the cadence of Donald Rumsfeld is part of the reason this is so interesting- how much do people think about they don’t know or understand- what do you know about people you meet or start talking to- like the nesting dolls- each person has something they don’t revel about themselves