Devin Leonardi (American, 1981-2014) - Manassas Junction, 2009

you can be a dickhead to me but my whimsy will always haunt your narrative

The Accursed Kings in 1314

“In the war film, a soldier can hold his buddy—as long as his buddy is dying on the battlefield. In the western, Butch Cassidy can wash the Sundance Kid’s naked flesh—as long as it is wounded. In the boxing film, a trainer can rub the well-developed torso and sinewy back of his protege—as long as it is bruised. In the crime film, a mob lieutenant can embrace his boss like a lover—as long as he is riddled with bullets. 

Violence makes the homo-eroticism of many “male” genres invisible; it is a structural mechanism of plausible deniability.”

–Tarantino’s Incarnational Theology: Reservoir Dogs, Crucifixions, and Spectacular Violence. Kent L. Brintnall.

in the club editing my own writing on the notes app

Noelia Towers (Spanish/American, 1992) - New Door/Unknown Room (2024)

The Early Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1920–1923

“Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.”

— Orson Rega  

Like the stars shining in the evening sky, my eyes can sense all these beautiful mysteries // part 1.