Memory Drawing, circa 1981
David Wojnarowicz
Tongues of Flame
pp 52
"I saw this in a park on 2nd Avenue one night. I wish my eyes were movie cameras so I could record scenes like this in movement."
Since I first saw this drawing, about 15, 16 years ago, I've thought of it often.
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I used to live across the street from a school playground. There was a man who played basketball - by himself - all afternoon and all night. He was always out there.
One night I looked out the window around 3-4 in the morning. There were lights in the playground that projected his shadow against the school wall. He was standing against a tree masturbating. The lights and his shadow projected every tiny movement to a figure 30 feet tall.
I think of that often.
Next time you're in NYC plan a visit to The Fales Library. They have all of Wojnarowicz's papers and effects. We're talking the Rimbaud mask. We're talking his stencils . . . his magical boxes . . . some first prints. We're talking everything.
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