FAREWELL   I left drylab Saturday. I was not the only one to say goodbye. No, Saf left before me. She headed east on foot. I assume conflict drove her mad. Inexplicably drawn to the group, forming relationships with each of us, simultaneously spying on us like we

MY LUCK IS RUNNING OUT   My luck may be running out. I caught Saf in my room the other day. She claimed she was fixing her hair but failed to mention why she wasn’t doing that in her own quarters. I have no doubt now that she

something is living in my ceiling   something is living in my ceiling i can hear him digging right through the structure small claws turning beams into dust soon a hole will open and i'll meet who is living in my ceiling we'll exchange startled looks it will be awkward at first

PURPOSE The first week here was a bit like being the first person to wake up at a slumber party. You know, not really sure what to do with yourself until everyone else wakes up. I’m not used to waking up at 5:30 a.m.,

THE HEAT   110 fahrenheit barricaded inside fans running dark cloths over windows it’s still hot so i lay low and wait for the sun to sleep … wake up early bask in the coolness of morning do it all over again

SMALL MOMENTS small moments make small drawings ... but i think this cholla is thirsty scorched by the sun ... hey, so am i

ONE WEEK GONE   We have been here for a week, and our water supply is holding up. No one has been using their full three gallons a day, and even the communal water has a surplus. It hasn’t gotten too hot yet though, so I foresee as

PLACES THAT WERE places that were still occupied just not by human a beautiful collaboration between human and nature nature is artist maker lover and caretaker

HOLES IN THE WALLS   Glimpses of natural and unnatural demolition -- the passage of time through vandalism. ... The desert isn't a wasteland. But we think it is. Some dump their trash and vandalize empty homes. Decay happens naturally. Are we just helping it along?

THE DESERT IS CALM   calm is not something i am accustomed to taking time to be the desert is slow quiet loud vast, the desert is It seems as though all I have done in our first few days here is cook and eat (but thank god we