'thought catalog' published a 'piece' by me
re marina abramović, if you write a '"legitimately" to me, 1000+ word' essay re my 'piece' on the internet somewhere & post a link in the comments section of this post & email binky.tabby [at] gmail [dot] com your address i will mail you sfaa or bed
*update* the above offer has ended, here are the essays: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 *update*
*update* the above offer has ended, here are the essays: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 *update*
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i saw the flickr where ppl were crying at her
oh wait, it was a tumblr. 'my bad'
I liked this article at first, before you included the gchat stuff. It was really funny, and I wanted to share it with friends.
but then the second part that says 'bitch' a whole bunch kind of turned me off, especially because it also seemed that the subtext involved 'casual drug use' which in a weird way made me feel a bit offended, like you were purposefully telling us that you were wired on drugs because it made the story 'zanier' in some way. It started to feel forced and sad, and I didn't post the link on my facebook page to show to people I knew because of how 'problematic' I felt that the second half was.
Aside from the line 'momma mutton chops', which I found really funny, I was a bit disappointed at the way you talked about doing Adderal too.
seems sweet/entertaining. i enjoyed the gchats
can you elaborate, if you want to, on what about adderall was disappointing
are you 'brendan arnott'
i went to 'the artist is present' exhibit on a day in april when i was feeling bad. i felt emotional when i saw it. i spent a long time walking through the 6th floor exhibit and then watched her stare at people for a while. i thought about waiting in line to stare but was unsure 'how' i would go about doing that/where the line started/how long the wait was. i went home and read some stuff about her. i wrote a poem called 'marina abramovic' after that for a poetry series i was/am working on. i posted a video on my tumblr of marina abramovic screaming at her performance partner/boyfriend. in the following weeks, i felt emotional while thinking about what i'd seen and read about marina abramovic. i googled her name sometimes and 'the artist is present' sometimes. i had many fleeting thoughts about walking across the great wall of china and doing violent performance art. i 'vowed' to go see the exhibit again before it closed, but 'shit kept coming up' and when the last day of the exhibit finally came, i felt too depressed to go. i imagined sitting across from marina abramovic and feeling upset or uncomfortable or else i would fall asleep.
a few days ago i read on your twitter that you had posted an essay about marina abramovic. i thought it was funny and good and i thought about emailing you something about it. i tried to comment on it at one point and then realized there was no place to comment on the essay. i forgot about it mostly after that.
i never found the pictures of people staring at her or the live feed.
still feel as though i really like marina abramovic.
i thought it really captured the feelings of more people than just you and your bro. felt like 'wanting to go but not enough to wait in line/make an effort' is an essential part of the human condition that you attempted to detail.
obtained 3x '30 mg bitch' in exchange for nothing, re 'surplus' of addy 'circlin' round the school' re finals coming up
also obtained 2x '10 mg bitch' and 2x '15 mg bitch' for a 'grand total' of $20, which, although much less of a deal, still seems vaguely solid, in my view.
i enjoyed this article; however, felt vaguely confused as to whether or not you 'did' cocaine or not.
felt the most interest in 'all parts not having to do with art,' it seemed.
i think, re: this essay, i thought about 'hunter thompson,' but in a fairly sarcastic manner, while walking 'down' w. 4th during a period of very intense and uncomfortable sunlight
My favorite part in the retrospective is the video where she is holding the bow, the man is holding the arrow, and they are both leaning back such that if either lets go the arrow will fly through her throat. It made me think of love.
I'm afraid that T-Lin is turning into a "speedfreak." Is Adderall the secret to his success?
Feel unsure if my 1,000+ word essay is "legitimate"/"good enough". I never got to experience the staring lady either.
http://kstang.tumblr.com/post/662564124/1-000-word-essay-re-tao-lins-piece
http://henryu.wordpress.com/2010/06/04/here-take-it-mr-lin/ Thats for you to read at your leisure.
@kevin/henry your essays seem 'sufficiently legitimate' to me, good job, email me your addresses & what book you want
whassup tao?
http://2000wordsfortao.blogspot.com/2010/06/im-poor-motherfucker-and-im-going-to.html
@ben damn/'good[backslash symbol (seems like it would be inconsistent to use a backslash, in the same form, "again," within a two-item backslash set; an analogy of this would be using single quotes within a single quoted phrase, that i wouldn't do that, would use double quotes instead, for clarity/readability)]sweet job'
went 'post-'/'meta-'critical[backslash]'set the text in conversation' with the attendant body of literature/analysis (via kevin/henry/ben)
http://acanon.tumblr.com/post/663380395/taolin
"artists are wacky" b/w "casual hipster drug use" b/w "alienating everybody who doesn't live in new york or wish they lived in new york even more" b/w "lost my edge y'all better do some blow"
@a[space]canon good job, email me
this comments page is feeling pretty hot
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adderall cheaper than blow, never disappoints
hey tao
http://gofernando.tumblr.com/
she's a bit all over the place, but it beat revising for exams
i think when this 'thing' is over i will write a response, in the same prose style i used for my essay, to every other essay. this was, i guess, inspired by 'a canon' and also by kevin saying my essay was 'a good read'.
It's not a thousand words, but here it is anyway: http://deathtoliterature.blogspot.com/2010/06/tao-lin-vs-staring-lady.html
damn
you used dbl quotes
wtf
want adderall 'bad' right now
@harry good job, email me
Tao I wrote some words here:
http://haigh.tumblr.com/
hello, tao. here is my essay about your essay.
http://grey-gnome.livejournal.com/200903.html
@haigh good job, email me
@jamie good job, email me
Here is the thing I wrote so that you would read it, I made it enough words so you would want to:
http://shootingblanks.wordpress.com/2010/06/06/tao-lin/
@shootingblanks email me your address
Here's my piece:
http://memorypianoforte.tumblr.com/post/669906197/on-tao-lin-on-marina
Oh, forgot a name you could address be me by. The memorypianoforte.tumblr.com is mine (Kweku)
Hi. I wrote an "essay" too.
http://blog.jonathancharleswright.com/2010/06/essay-for-tao-lin-re-marina-abramovic.html
everyone here is so "smart"
damn.
liked it. I can't do an essay because I'm too stupid but like the idea. Sort of like shadows of shadows of hooks
I'm unsure whether doing large quantities of cocaine would be good or bad for your career at this point. I can see pros but also cons.
How do people feel about using Tumblr for a word-blog instead of Blogspot? Tumblr seems to look a lot nicer. Can you comment on Tumblr?
This is an essay.
http://jwcharmer.blogspot.com/2010/06/my-neutral-facial-expression-re-tao-lin.html
I will now say that i grew to like this piece more and more as i wrote an essay about it.
@marshall i would recommend tumblr, you can comment on tumblr via 'disqus'
@[anyone who has posted a link to their essay] email me your address
http://rustyjames.tumblr.com/post/671610273/taolinessay
i wrote about tao's oeuvre for this http://josephernestbookclub.blogspot.com/2010/06/tao-lin.html
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