The Coming Envelope: Issue 8

by Jacob Wren, Cynthia Girard, John Goldbach

The first two lines of each I read this quote from Chantal Akerman. She is speaking about Jean-Luc I need to pierce a hole in my head or else it s going to explode. I spent some time this morning looking for a bit, I wanted to drill a hole the size of a quarter above my ear on the side of my head. I find pretty much everybody I ve ever cared about disappointing, said Jenny, and it s always been this way, even when I was a little kid. No one can love you the way you want to be loved. It s just another sad fact. The sea was immobile and from it there rose a diminutive island of bare yellow rock. Its crest was at least as high, I thought, as my nest, and its cliffs were as straight as the mast below me. Weather was his fiend, but most of the time he was lucky. His consolation was a sculpture garden created during the years of the lunatic s absence.

42 pages, Paperback

Published February 19, 2013

About the author

Jacob Wren makes literature, collaborative performances and exhibitions. His books include: Polyamorous Love Song, Rich and Poor, Authenticity is a Feeling, Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim and Desire Without Expectation (forthcoming in 2027). 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. He is co-founder of the orchestra The Air Contains Honey whose first album is forthcoming in 2026. His internet presence is often defined by a fondness for quotations.