getting-by

Third Wave, collage on digital print, 2006
Brian Bress

it takes a lot of guts to create
it's so much easier to get by
what does it take to make [getting-by] generate creations

i want to be brave enough
a mass catalogue
hyperlink a geography of ideas referencing
ideas that reference ideas

my own dewey decimal system:
triggers for hallucinogenic epiphanies
systems of cute aesthetics
ways we tell nature to 'use the green'
domestication of savagery
alternate forms of parenting
childhood abuse and its relationship to empathy formation
imaginative implications of extraterrestrial exploration
feminist polyamory
etc etc etc
Why Why Why