11 august 2002

"i would love for some little black kid to look at me and be like, 'if she's doing it then i can do it and still be black,'" [santi] white said. "black people limit ourselves. we're like, 'oh, if you do that you're not black.' but i'm black and i'm going to do anything i want to do. then it'll be black because i did it."
- touré, "the hip-hop generation grabs a guitar," the new york times 11 august 2002



9 august 2002

always the last to find out about these things . . . just out of curiosity, did dante woo inspire you to blog or write or whatevah? that rhymed.



7 august 2002

finally spoke to a guy at anil's studio about a consultation appointment. i faxed him some of my stuff from grid and he was into it. he said anil is probably the only one that can do it, since long, straight lines are difficult on non-straight parts of the body (like my shoulder). finally i know that i want this.

that passage below i read on the f train either uptown or down—i like it because a friend recently said "you are who you are" when i was listing things i'd screwed up on recently. and because the singular devotion the mountain or mouse or child is asking for is hard.