November 19, 2022

APOCALYPE.

or: METERS THAT SHOW HOW MUCH APOCALYPE THE WORLD HAS.

Hi all.

Still collapsed from the dolls shows. Working hard on a post about the whole circus and hoping to get it done and out before school holiday break. Buried. Happy.

For now, a small vignette.

I promise, I pinky SWEAR, I absolutely commit to not becoming one of those insufferable parents who barrages you with kid art. Unless I feel it curatorially necessary for the advancement of society – or to add to the darkly-tinged net delight of the universe.

Setting: Bed, after bathtime and before Narnia.

Ash: Mom how do you spell apocalypse

Me: How do you think?

Ash: A P O C A L Y P E

Me: Real close not quite

Ash: Come look at my drawing

Me: Is he…wait, is this a he or a she?

Ash: It doesn’t matter

Me: I have taught you well

Ash: Those meters on the head measure the amount of apocalypse on earth

Me: Why are there two?

Ash: There are two so you can see each side of the world.

Me: Ok. Which side of the world has more apocalypse?

Ash: (thinks….) The left side.

Mother goes to the kitchen quietly crying and makes a yet another small and probably insignificant donation to act blue.

Scene.

ps i played some improvised piano last night. it was beautiful. https://www.instagram.com/tv/ClH08ZhpE0o/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

APOCALYPE.

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