6 November 2023
There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time. This expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium, and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open.
Martha Graham
Craft /kraft/: noun
Something practiced and improved, the products of which are covered in fingerprints and other marks of makership, and possess a clear use—beauty, function, instruction, record-keeping, the human and the personal.
I have two activities, which are interesting economically; you can buy my work in a gallery, and see it in many museums' famous collections as artworks in frames . . . Or, you can get all this material from me by mail for free, if I decide to send it to you.
Ray Johnson, The Ray Johnson Interviews
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[Every Sunday, people call in about things they're looking to sell or buy or give away—it's like telephone Craigslist, I love it so much.] The Roaches’ “Quitting Time” by [Music] WFMU [Radio]
[it’s on in my house almost every waking hour of the day]