Im Your Shit

1. no one ever congratulates you for doing the really difficult things like driving on the freeway or getting out of bed or staying alive 2. every friendship you make is a countdown to the moment when they finally can’t deal with the missed calls and canceled hangouts every friendship is on a timer every friendship expires sooner, not later 3. you hear phrases like “bootstraps” over and over until you wish you had some to hang yourself with 4. you have to learn to simultaneously relax your muscles and move them with determination you have to be in control and you have to let go at the same time it’s enough to drive you into a blubbering mess 5. music is a conduit crying is a conduit your dad calling is a conduit everything becomes a conduit for either having or not having another panic attack 6. you learn to stop making plans because you’ll either disappoint yourself or someone you care about or both 7. you accept all of it 8. you hope someday everyone else can accept it too

Chung premonitions at breakfast. Manhattan, New York. March 2015

Jean-Michel Basquiat