
art journal entry: (54/70) // “the gentleness that comes,
not from the absence of violence, but despite
the abundance of it.” ― @richardsiken-poet, Crush

art journal entry: (54/70) // “the gentleness that comes,
not from the absence of violence, but despite
the abundance of it.” ― @richardsiken-poet, Crush
“We made ourselves cold. We made ourselves snow.”— Richard Siken, from ‘Landscape with Black Coats in Snow’
“I hope it’s love. I’m trying really hard to make it love.”— Richard Siken, from Self-Portrait Against Red Wallpaper

Edward Hopper, Nighthawks (1942) / Richard Siken, Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out (2005)

visible world, richard siken
“How much can you change and get away with it, before you turn into someone else, before it’s some kind of murder?”— Richard Siken, Portrait of Fryderyk in Shifting Light



this mobile is hanging in my room rn
“but tell me you love this, tell me you’re not miserable.”— Richard Siken, from Seaside Improvisation
Let’s admit, without apology, what we do to each other.
Richard Siken,
Detail of the Fire
(via thelovejournals)
RICHARD SIKEN x KEVIN LUCBERT
‘Saying Your Names’ published in Crush (2005);
The desk (2016) by @kevinlucbert , 21 x 29.7 cm, ink on paper