love on the west
an illustrated photo poem
Hello friends,
What do you do when you have people you love who live 3,000 miles away? You go see them. You receive their love and wonder at the grace to know it. You indulge in vibez. Below — a letter to my past month out west and a small tribute to Seattle, Portland, SF, LA and their beautiful inhabitants. (Also a response to my mother recently asking me 什么是 vibe? Translated: what is vibe? Answer: This is viiibe.)
Next up: an essay on Texas, and then a collaboration photo-poem-comic-log-thing with Weiwei Xu. We haven’t started on it yet but I’m telling you now to keep myself accountable.
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