Allie Dechow
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We were like gods, at the dawning of the world, and our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.
“and there it was one of those moments that is the opposite of blindness.
The world poured back and forth between their eyes once or twice.”
― Autobiography of Red
The world poured back and forth between their eyes once or twice.”
― Autobiography of Red
“For these writers, attention was a form of devotion and noticing continuous with worship.”
― The Wild Places
― The Wild Places
“Now that I was thinking of myself in the first person singular again I found my own situation much more interesting than his.”
― The Edible Woman
― The Edible Woman
“How can one think of art institutions in an age that is defined by planetary civil war, growing inequality, and proprietary digital technology? The boundaries of the institution have become fuzzy.”
― Duty Free Art: Art in the Age of Planetary Civil War
― Duty Free Art: Art in the Age of Planetary Civil War
“How does distance look?' is a simple direct question. It extends from a spaceless within to the edge of what can be loved. It depends on light.”
― Autobiography of Red
― Autobiography of Red
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