Beer Fear
Invasion, On the Wings of Armageddon, Anti-Hero, Nitro, Palate Wrecker.
Design
Making visible the "aesthetic envelope" that expresses and shapes feeling, belief, and moral conviction.
Teen Bible
“How about you, Dave? Have you been baptized?”
Model Tank
Model building was considered nerdy, but I didn’t care.
Death Mask
Nabokov wrote a poem about her. Rilke mentioned her in his only novel.
Gold Braces
I started flashing my teeth like a cheerleader in a yearbook headshot.
Hand Chair
I refuse to get rid of the Hand.
Volvo Key
My name was on the registration found in the getaway car.
Telephone
You could slam the receiver down to hang up on someone.
Shoelace Belt
“Dude,” he said to me, “you look ridiculous."
Fedora
I sought to be as normal and unremarkable as a John le Carré spy.
Skataway Jacket
Helena’s gang was the cream of 1970s Hollywood.
Pince-Nez
“Wow — that’s the most pretentious thing I’ve ever seen in my life.”
Knee-High Boots
Being trans requires a certain level of defiance.
Factsheet Five
Timothy Leary said, “Find the others.”
Pinky Ring
I started to look for artefacts to root me to a certain time or place.