A Craving for Polar Horror Polar horror is one of my favorite genres: the temporal dislocation of permanent night, the vertigo of being at the very top—or bottom—of the world.
Mirrors to Deflect Danger Eleven years sober and another year older. Spent ten hours wandering through galleries with C., which is my favorite thing to do on this planet.
Starting a New Big Thing I have a knack for taking the longest, most taxing route to common knowledge.
Hallucinations and Routines There will always be demands and obligations, but they do not need me before eleven o’clock.
2023 Rotation We’re deep into the 21st century, yet I still find myself waiting for the future to begin.
Prophets The Joshua tree was named by Mormons in the 1850s, who thought they saw their prophet pointing to the promised land.
Desert Nomenclature "Virga" is the name for precipitation that does not reach the ground. It hangs across the desert like a torn curtain.
100 Degrees and Snow Each year I feel a little more vertiginous, a little more overwhelmed by the belly-flop sensation of tumbling from a great height.