Saccades Project

Spring Break, Sketch 8/8: “Avril,” Collaboration with Ashlie Chavez, Part 2/8. Originally published March 16, 2010.
(See Ashlie Chavez, Image 2)
Setting: Knox and Melody are driving Thea home in Knox’s minivan, early evening, early May, 2009.
I still forget sometimes. I mean, I keep forgetting that anyone knows, that anyone cares; I forget all about the [...]

Spring Break, Sketch 7/8: “Secretly, I Loved Him, Of Course,” Collaboration with Lauren Smart, Part 4/8. Originally posted February 22, 2010.
(See Lauren Smart, Image 4)
Setting: Thea opens her bedroom curtains, just before dark, early May, 2009. (Continued from Part 3/8.)
I told him this story once. I said, You want to know a secret?
Yes, let’s [...]

Spring Break, Sketch 6/8: “First Sight,” Collaboration with Audrey Gatewood, Part 3/8. Originally posted February 13, 2010.

(See Audrey Gatewood, Image 3)
Setting: Thea’s texting, standing just a few feet from the side of a narrow highway, a hundred yards away from Coffee Shop, late afternoon, May, 2009 (continued from Part 2/8).
When I was little, my dad [...]

Spring Break, Sketch 5/8: “Where the Wild Things Were,” Collaboration with Alex Simms, Part 4/8. Originally posted March 2, 2010.
(See Alex Simms, Image 4)
Setting: Thea reclines her seat, sitting in the front seat of her mmr’s car, in the Walmart parking lot, late August, 2008.
You know, when I was little, I used to love [...]

Spring Break, Sketch 4/8: “The Perfect Dream Me,” Collaboration with Tara Violet Niami, Part 7/8. Originally posted February 1, 2010.
(See Tara Violet Niami, Image 7)
Setting: Thea’s sitting in the dark, at her desk, staring at her computer screen, her face illuminated, flashing, she looks humored at times, but mostly she looks kind of dazed, [...]