still lingering on treelit streets.

the beauty of the reflection

Oil on linen , 54 x 45 in.

dog finally has the courage to sing in public and nobody around him understands the importance of this moment for him

All right, now I know for sure. You wanna know why I wrote that stupid book? So that you might come to a reading in Paris, and I go walk up to you and ask: "Where the fuck were you?" I think I...I wrote it, in a way, to try to find you.

Gabriela Minks

And yes, it has fixed me.

Portrait of Urania, (Details), (19th century), by the British School, oil on canvas, 76.2 x 63.5 cm (30 x 25 in), Private Collection

Rosa Chacel, from a diary entry featured in Diario, originally published in 1993

Cartoon by John O'Brien for NEW YORKER magazine, 1991.