I AM HERE

January 13, 2012.  We were here, all of us, together, apart, overlapping and singular.  I wonder if you felt lost, ignored or lonely.  Or did you feel exuberant and simply want to leave your mark on the world, somewhere, so that years later you could show this to loved ones, like a heart carved in a tree, and remember what it felt like to be at that spot, in that moment, with that person - or without?

May 7, 2011. Why not? What cruel spirit would impose such an edict and rub out what expression? Or is it someone commenting on the absence of art on this surface, and inviting someone to add art. Ah, punctuation. It can add to the meaning of the words we use and completely change the meaning. Whose word to I take, or do I supply my own interpretation?

JUST DO IT

March 20, 2011. You can't have any idea what will happen if you follow this command. To what extent does the writer expect you to consider your action, or does he expect you to simply follow the instruction? To what end, this order? As if the words were not direct enough, the arrow moves your eye and the 'l's are equally insistent, elongated to move you to action. And what if you resist? Or is it futile?

I LOVE MONSTERS

February 6, 2010. Christopher Street subway station. After venturing to Queens to see a collage, montage, assemblage show, in which Philip had 3 pieces, we traveled to the trusty Riviera for burgers (or something) and beer (or something). This sign was there as we left to go underground. Of course we love monsters. What are they anyway? Isn’t it often something that we don’t understand, that is other than us? So then in those cases it might just be a lack of perspective or empathy that causes us to see the ‘other’ as a monster. I say we should pray for the monster and embrace them when we can.

LOVE IS THE ANSWER

December 17, 2009. On the subway entrance outside my office building, this says it all. Love will save the day.