A Radical Cut In The Texture Of Reality

April 17, 2023

Six sentences concerning art and jealousy

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. Jealousy of other artists is perhaps the most natural part of being an artist. Artists should have honest discussions about ambitio...
April 2, 2023

My apartment is just piles of books

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. The video recording of My apartment is just piles of books  was online only until April 30th, 2023 and therefore is no longer availabl...
March 29, 2023

99,430 words

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. When you finish a first draft of a book, do a word count, and learn that the manuscript is 99,430 words long. .
March 17, 2023

How many times have I gone online and posted a paragraph entitled “possible opening for a new novel?”

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. How many times have I gone online and posted a paragraph entitled “possible opening for a new novel?” That feeling of starting somethi...
March 15, 2023

Can an art of collective struggle really be made by an individual artist?

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. Can an art of collective struggle really be made by an individual artist? My secret, if I have one, is that I honestly hate being aliv...
February 20, 2023

There is a genre of scene I believe I had read several times in a certain kind of nonfiction book...

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. There is a genre of scene I believe I have read several times in a certain kind of nonfiction book. In this type of scene, the author ...
February 17, 2023

And things started to happen, but none of them were the things we said were going to happen...

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. And things started to happen, but none of them were the things we said were going to happen, and none of them were the things anyone e...
February 13, 2023

Virtual Coffee Chat with Jacob Wren and Julia Lee Barclay-Morton

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. On Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 5pm EST I will be having a Virtual Coffee Chat with Julia Lee Barclay-Morton about her book The Mortality Sh...
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February 10, 2023

My life is entangled in theatre but I now know almost no one else who works in theatre...

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. My life is entangled in theatre but I now know almost no one else who works in theatre. It is like a place I have almost completely le...
February 8, 2023

They warned me the soup was extremely hot and I might burn myself...

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. They warned me the soup was extremely hot and I might burn myself. I didn’t heed the warning and did indeed burn myself. I couldn’t sa...
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January 31, 2023

To not start from a theme but from an activity...

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. To not start from a theme but from an activity. A theme can lead anywhere. An activity can also lead anywhere but not quite in the sam...
January 21, 2023

A photo of three of my books

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  “On a social level, people have to look after each other, but on an ethical level, each of us has to look after ourselves. If you are a ...

Gundega Laiviņa Quote

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. Actually, I am for going. Yet I have to question again and again – who goes, how and why. I am for a different kind of going than the ...
January 19, 2023

Samson Young's Goodreads Review of Authenticity is a Feeling

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It somehow caught me at exactly the right moment to read Samson Young's Goodreads Review of Authenticity is a Feeling : * This is...
January 18, 2023

Some passages from What Love Looks Like

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Some passages from What Love Looks Like: A Conversation with Tim DeChristopher by Terry Tempest Williams: * TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS: ...
January 3, 2023

I Love Dick meets All That Jazz

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. For the author's questionnaire they always ask the question: describe your book as ___________ meets ___________. And for my las...
January 2, 2023

I was at a dinner party a few years ago...

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. I was at a dinner party a few years ago. Everyone there is an artist of some sort. And all the conversations are about TV series. And ...
December 27, 2022

Bela Shayevich writing about Camp Migizi

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. Indigenous groups leading the movement against Line 3 include the Giniw Collective, founded by Tara Houska; Winona LaDuke’s Honor the ...
December 22, 2022

PME-ART in 2022

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. The only basis for truth is self-contradiction. The universe contradicts itself, for it passes on. Life contradicts itself, for it die...
December 8, 2022

Nine Tumblr posts that have gone viral.

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. I think so far - more or less - I've had nine  Tumblr posts that have gone viral: This Cory Doctorow quote that begins: “But AI...
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Jacob Wren
Jacob Wren makes literature, collaborative performances and exhibitions. His books include Polyamorous Love Song, Rich and Poor, Authenticity is a Feeling and Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim. As artistic director of the interdisciplinary group PME-ART he has co-created performances such as: En français comme en anglais, it's easy to criticize, Individualism Was A Mistake, The DJ Who Gave Too Much Information, Every Song I’ve Ever Written and Adventures can be found anywhere, même dans la répétition. PME-ART also presented the online conference Vulnerable Paradoxes and the related free PDF publication In response to Vulnerable Paradoxes. He is co-founder of the orchestra The Air Contains Honey whose first album The Air Contains Honey Sings Quotes is forthcoming in November 2026. His internet presence is often defined by a fondness for quotations.
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