List: Stalking

I’ve tried all 50 ways (and then some) to leave my lover and I know every step I take he’ll be watching me.  List making is usually a comforting and stress-relieving activity for me but today it is ripping my entrails apart. For legal purposes, I must make several lists in regards to activities that

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Prose: Schmerz – Part 4

WHACK! The precursor for that obtuse and acute guttural audible that connects the neurons that are the golden threads between the head and heart. The hitting of epidermis changes decibels with every implement, from skin to metal to wood to leather to plastic to etcetera. The outcry from time to time brings tears and it

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Art Connect Berlin

I’ve started working on a new series about my artist friends here in Berlin for artconnectberlin. In a city that is much better known for its artistic landscape more than any other industry, it is no wonder that there is a bustling hum of starvation amongst Berlin’s huge array of renaissance artists. These quiet conversations

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Self = Portraits…part four

Now is a better or worse time than ever to delve into the next installment of my exposition of process for my Self=Portraits video series. Since my last posting about this special compilation of visual narrative memoirs, another one of these works (Immigrant) has been presented as part of the inaugural Berlin Music Video Awards.

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Prose: Schmerz – Part 3

“Do I have any pain?” It was a rhetorical question I couldn’t ever really ask myself and it was posed to the young and beautiful, calming and stern blond German woman who had for the first time in all of our varying degrees of conversation pulled out her smartphone and began typing meticulously looking for

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Poetry: Tier

Tier Ich bin eine TierI’ve been on a tearFor ever is what comes of neverBack when I used to be so cleverIt’s not the elements keeping me awayIt’s not myself that stands to lay Finde mich in der FinsternisEnd it in the kiss you missTake away what’s left and overThe right way to anchor a

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Prose: Schmerz – Part 2

Germans do not acknowledge Schmerz. While there is some facility in doling out and absorbing Schmerz throughout the indelible history of their time, despite their affinity for control – they have not yet mastered an auspicious way to conquer this unavoidable consequence. This is a clear case of culture clash, coincidence and contradiction. While pharmaceuticals

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Note: December 15, 2010

Here is an iPhone note from 2 weeks before I was leaving Berlin to return to the states after staying in Germany for 3 months to test the water and stake my claim. December 15, 2010 – 5:39pm “Going for the Gold” Shiny round beacons. Always loved silver. Ball and chain. Add water instant boyfriend.

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Video: “Staying”

Self=Portraits Video Series #46 I’ll explain in an upcoming post… D

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Prose: Schein

“Why don’t you just get married?” It is the question I’ve been asked by every Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man, Thief, Doctor, Lawyer and Indian Chief in Berlin. In this slut city where people spend more time and energy trying to outsmart the lax strictness of the laws than actually obeying them, it is

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