It was Friday night after all….
Yet I knew, like the sun, the dust motes were beyond compare.
A room further within the premises revealed an altogether separate fate, from which I sought to break.
I ran home, ruining my chances with the magicians and the acrobats.
“I’ll wait here for awhile.”
“The sand still runs through my fingers and the taste of a bitter chocolate remains. I can still see the ruffled marigolds floating along the bright wet pavement at dawn.”
“I only know the weight of the stones in my pockets. Everything else is a nauseating blur.”
“Have you seen him since?”
“You might say a thousand meaningful things, but every instant would be repeated.”
That was the best summer of our lives, and we didn’t even know it.
Beam Blood Rock Crystal by Nicholaus Patnaude; digital collage triptych, Feb. 2014
Lead Heels, Fur House; Digital Collage on tablet; Nicholaus Patnaude; January, 2014
“Wolves Woods Wouldst Feet Tether”; Nicholaus Patnaude, Digital Media, 01/2014
Panel: “On The Grotesque”
Nov. 1st (Friday) @ 19:15-20:15 @ KargArt
Panelists: Nicholaus Patnaude, Barbara Stok, Yiğit Bener; moderated by tba
Story telling can make use of the distortion and exaggeration of the form to present us everyday stories in a way that makes us feel pity, disgust and discomfort. Magnifying glass of the grotesque as a narrative strategy and style also serves the purpose of exorcising ghosts and demons whether they are of political oppression, of love found and lost or of the daily life of a young woman. Barbara Stok, winner of Stripschapprijs, Yiğit Bener, translator of “The Journey to the End of Night”, and Nicholaus Patnaude will discuss the materiality of the body in their works and ways of story telling that renders what is familiar, uncomfortably unfamiliar.
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hope to see you there,
Nick
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p.s. There is also a .99 cent Halloween Promotion on the Kindle edition through November 1st:
and a Halloween Goodreads print giveaway which ends October 31st:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16073089-first-aide-medicine
Actually, I posted this yesterday…or tried. Well, we know what the leprokhan says: “87th time’s the wicked chance and everlasting secret!”
I will be reading from and signing First Aide Medicine at The American Book Center in Amsterdam on October 17th @ 19:30. Please come by and have a chat or check out some books (I myself will be scouring the place for Patrick McCabe’s latest!)
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