"Bullshit."

Emily Dickinson

Rabbi Yehuda al-harizi

Julia Jacklin

Richard Sikken

Nancy Garden

Leila Chatti

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Richard Sikken

“perfect lovers” by the gay artist felix gonzalez-torres. the piece is about the illness and death of his HIV-positive partner ross laycock:

For Untitled (Perfect Lovers) (1991), he synchronized two industrial clocks placed side by side. Inevitably, because batteries fail and things tend toward entropy, the clocks would slowly begin to advance at differing rates, out of sync, having moved, however briefly, perfectly together. (x)

“Don’t be afraid of the clocks, they are our time, time has been so generous to us. We imprinted time with the sweet taste of victory. We conquered fate by meeting at a certain time in a certain space. We are a product of the time, therefore we give back credit where it is due: time. We are synchronized, now and forever. I love you.” (Gonzalez-Torres, 1988)

Untitled (Perfect Lovers), 1991

loving

is the bravest thing

Trust me

it's hard

impatient, anxious

terrible

impossible to un-see

meaning

for better or worse

years

living.

I love

my

love

Needed some air so I slept on the outside

Down on the couch with your boyfriend (I need this)

The smell of his hair, and the taste of his lips

I hide in the closet but I’m not a faggot

My friends never found out, my mom was a Christian

My dad is an alchie I bet that he kills me

I don’t know how god thinks but god do you love me?”