ISSUE 51 | APR 2015
WELLNESS AND ILLNESS
"A Grain of Wheat and the Righteous Spine" by Michelle Bentsman, painting detail.
Grace Lyon
Fractals
pretty. Like glitter. - three of the blue ones and two round white ones - incontinence and uncontrollable tremors - a dessicated saguaro rib to poke at stuff - leave them alone to do their thing - Gossip and generosity. - High pressure in slow motion.
Olivia Durif
Surviving the Age of Instagram
a little three-dimensional frog - Soylent (tagline: “Free Your Body”) - it’s healthiest to eat like a peasant - photo of avocado toast - the sensuality of survival - do most humans actually want the time sensitivity and “intolerance.” - could access to the bird’s neck - I trusted her completely
Avi Garelick
Investigation of a Blessing
Everyone has a family! - Anyone? Any age? - to make up for being girls - a family with other orphans! - after you turn 100! - you can’t say a blessing if you are dead
Yaqing Wen
Basic Concepts of Nursing: A Translation
The Concept of 人 - the modern nursing theoretical system - to include all 人, not just the sick but also the healthy - exchange, friendship, being acknowledged, being affirmed - the realization of the inherent value of existence - Health is not absolute - this manual so mystical - we protect ourselves from commitment (to a whole)
Piper Wheeler
Sickness: A Translation from the Russian
seminars in the bedroom seminars in the bedroom - time is whitened / by stains - yoked, both fly - A cat comes in—eyesockets, skin - Аre the shakes / really cousin to light?