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The Holidays as 1001 Nights

Posted on December 30, 2024 by jillbpearlman

The holidays are so full and strange, how do you put your finger on them?  (They’re like angels, amorphous, without gender, age, bodily materiality.)   Not knowing how to celebrate – what do Santa Claus and Jesus have to do with each other? – … Continue reading →

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Solstice, burning bright

Posted on December 20, 2020 by jillbpearlman

Solstice, winter, covid: we are close to the dark.   Those winter days that swing between flat gray and blindingly bright gray work a subtle palette.  During insomniac nights — at 3am, at 4am — I am close to the … Continue reading →

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To France: The Gift of Not Knowing

Posted on December 25, 2018 by jillbpearlman

  For Noël, the French received a gift of unknowingness. It’s a lucky gift!  Les gilets jaunes have doled out confusion to their compatriots who are singularly sure of themselves, gifted in the pur et dur, the absolute.  Their clipped … Continue reading →

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SANS DOMICILE FIXE

Posted on December 21, 2015 by jillbpearlman

  Artists are a shifty bunch. They are never quite tied to one identity or to one space they occupy. They prowl, they are marauders. When a place they’ve created is no longer habitable, they leave it behind and create … Continue reading →

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