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"i'll eat your shame and make you new"

(breadline #2)

This drawing was originally inspired by a discussion between Lawrence Weschler, Errol Morris, Dr....

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Uploaded on Feb 15, 2008

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Another man in line for the essentials, another man waiting waiting maybe not getting what he needs...

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Uploaded on Feb 14, 2008

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(breadline #1)

(exuberratic)

This small drawing is about the wait. It's also about hunger and being alone in your head. Or it's...

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Uploaded on Feb 14, 2008

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This isn’t the first time you’ve been here.

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Uploaded on Jan 31, 2008

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(glancing on the feeling)

"i usually just psych myself out in the middle of a conversation" by Gabriel Mejia

Emotionally this is the finest time you’ve ever had, but physically you’d rather be in bed, nearly...

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Uploaded on Jan 30, 2008

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Gabe Mejia, the ridiculously talented artist who you will eventually hear all about in...

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Uploaded on Oct 16, 2007

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(devon and western)

(stuck in the tunnel between washington and lake)

The present flies away and rejects all the allure of being once future. Back then it was overfull...

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Uploaded on Oct 3, 2007

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Loneliness is everywhere, in the middle of a crowd, on an elevator filled to capacity, sleeping on...

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Uploaded on Jun 26, 2007

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"Cassandra sees the future"

(4802 north broadway)

After seven years of life together, i was finally able to make a portrait of my paramour. Or...

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Uploaded on Jun 20, 2007

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In your head age melts away before your eyes, eloquence is your middle name and magnetic attraction...

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Uploaded on Jun 8, 2007

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(53 west jackson blvd.)

(turbulentranced)

People sometimes appear in the city who seem either utterly out of place or exactly as if...

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Uploaded on May 21, 2007

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On the way to San Juan anything can happen and frequently does and that's ok. Each coin has...

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Uploaded on May 1, 2007

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"And what a joy that would be"

You Are Beautiful - State Street Mural

Possibly a companion piece to "This is the exact moment in which i am meant to be." i...

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Uploaded on Dec 13, 2006

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This is my "E" in the French "Beaux," part of the You Are Beautiful mural on...

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Uploaded on Dec 8, 2006

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"This is the exact moment in which i am meant to be"

"i grieve that grief can teach me nothing"

My grandmother, my yai-yai, rather, makes an appearance here with me as an infant. She could really...

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Uploaded on Dec 8, 2006

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Ralph Emerson provided the title for this piece. i didn't actually get his permission to use it...

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Uploaded on Dec 6, 2006

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"Mouse, city, deity"

"Obsess"

A dream about a mouse inspired this piece. The title was originally "i once saw myself a...

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Uploaded on Dec 5, 2006

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Eyes, teeth, and trees are reoccurring elements in many of my drawings. i just ran out of room with...

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Uploaded on Dec 5, 2006

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