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 [...]
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Spring Break, Sketch 8
May 1, 2010 – 6:00 pm
Spring Break, Sketch 7
April 30, 2010 – 6:00 pm
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
April 29, 2010 – 6:00 pm
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
April 28, 2010 – 6:00 pm
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
April 27, 2010 – 6:00 pm
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, [...]
Spring Break, Sketch 3
April 26, 2010 – 6:00 pm
Spring Break, Sketch 3/8: Eliza Graumlich Collaboration, Part 6/8. Originally posted January 7, 2010.
(See Eliza Graumlich, Image 6)
Setting: Thea’s drawing in her bedroom, early evening, late April, 2009.
I kept drawing in our sketchbook the whole time. Every day I started a new page without him, I told myself Cam’d just have to catch up [...]
Spring Break, Sketch 2
April 25, 2010 – 6:00 pm
Spring Break, Sketch 2/8: Laurence Philomene Collaboration, Part 8/8. Originally posted December 16, 2009.
See Laurence Philomene, Image 8
Setting: Thea’s bedroom, the morning of April 15, 2009
Bright: too bright: the light was shining in my eyes. I’d forgotten to close my curtain, and for a moment, I couldn’t remember anything. I mean, I was never [...]
Spring Break, Sketch 1
April 24, 2010 – 6:00 pm
Spring Break, Sketch 1/8: Michael Bailey-Gates Collaboration/Backstory & Storybook, Part 2/8. Originally posted December 2, 2009.
(See Michael Bailey-Gates, Image 2)
Setting: Thea’s living room, 8:30 PM, September 2008
We were watching something. I don’t remember what. I didn’t care. I was sitting at the end of the couch, beneath the lamp, with my sketchbook open, across my [...]
The Giant Tells, 8
April 23, 2010 – 6:00 pm
“Breaking and Entering,” Twin Peaks Week, Part 8/8
Setting: Thea’s reaching above her head, her fingers just inches from something she’s trying so hard to reach. (Continued from The Giant Tells, 1-7.)
I broke in. Again, yes. I didn’t mean to, really—I mean, I did, I knew what I was doing, okay. Of course I knew, it’s just [...]
The Giant Tells, 7
April 22, 2010 – 6:00 pm
“White Powder,” Twin Peaks Week, Part 7/8
(See Twin Peaks, Video 7)
Setting: Thea’s kneeling on the ground in Sharon’s office at Coffee Shop diner. (Continued from Twin Peaks Week, Parts 1-6.)
The stars. I couldn’t tell what it was at first, and then I turned the envelope upside down, tried to shake it out, but it was [...]