Penis in a Rowboat

artist anger pope parents

• me: if i look down on our celebrity culture, does that make me a hypocrite for wanting large scale validation of my talents?
• Nick: yes
• but thats ok
• you are an artist, you are a tangled mass of mystery
• me: i feel more like a tangle of anger and high fructose corn syrup
• Nick: well that too
• thats the recipe for an artist
• 1 part corn syrup
• 800 parts anger
• 3 parts genius
• 1 part crippling insecurities
• .5 parts astronaut
• me: could i substitute raging inferiority for the crippling insecurities?
• me: perhaps i should go stand on a street in NYC for a week so i can get a passing glimpse of a german man wearing a funny hat in a plastic bubble. that will fix everything.
• Nick: it couldnt hurt
• I sometimes think of that duo I saw in LA
• a midget with a cape on roller skates, pushing a clown in a wheelchair
• me: you’ve seen my parents? it’s been so long…
• Nick: a handsome couple