I’ve gotten to that point
where i just really need to go camping.
Atsushi Takahashi works without a brush, but instead squeezes oil and acrylic directly onto the canvas for an amazing, textured effect.
Feel You As Me, 2011, Oil on Canvas, 180 x 120cm.
Im dry.
Ive lost that vigor, that soft and cool solvant
that coats my days
with a couple of nice words.
reminds me that everything Im doing
is just a little step.
Right now, my feelings are hurting
in every one of my quads.
The top of the stairs is a little further
than i imagined.
And I imagine a lot.
I imagine pillows on the faces
of angry coins.
Dauntingly waiting
for me to slip, fall
and be caught in a safety net
that few people will ever know.
and these last few days,
Ive been forced
to reassess that safety net
and ive realized it really isnt that safe.
its just a net
that i am blindly swimming into,
not knowing where else to go.
Its itchy and mean,
and covered in seams
that scratch my scales as i try to be strong again
And Im not purified in the hands of the fisherman
who pulls me up.
Im not purified in the big picture,
that drags me down.
In fact,
the longer I linger in the net,
the drier i become.
And I was already dry
to begin with.
(Source: have--not)