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It Is About Being Gay
[April 16, 2017]Earlier this year I attended a workshop for artists about using social media and analytics to promote their work. At that workshop I shared with my classmates the...
It Is About Being Gay
[April 16, 2017]Earlier this year I attended a workshop for artists about using social media and analytics to promote their work. At that workshop I shared with my classmates the...
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Why Monsters?
[April 23, 2017]When I was in elementary school, I slept on a pull out couch in the living room because my childhood home did not have enough bedrooms to accommodate...
Why Monsters?
[April 23, 2017]When I was in elementary school, I slept on a pull out couch in the living room because my childhood home did not have enough bedrooms to accommodate...
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My Process
[April 30, 2017]Ever since I was a little kid I have drawn pictures. I used to get up really early on Saturday mornings, sit myself on the floor at the...
My Process
[April 30, 2017]Ever since I was a little kid I have drawn pictures. I used to get up really early on Saturday mornings, sit myself on the floor at the...
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Permed Hair, Fedoras, and Pink Bicycles
[May 7, 2017]I don’t think that I was ever quite what my father expected me to be. When I was a boy, he assumed I would want to play sports...
Permed Hair, Fedoras, and Pink Bicycles
[May 7, 2017]I don’t think that I was ever quite what my father expected me to be. When I was a boy, he assumed I would want to play sports...
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How to get to Rochester from Toronto
[May 14, 2017]My mom has a huge family—a huge church-going Roman Catholic family. My maternal grandmother had 7 daughters and 4 sons. After I came out to my immediate family...
How to get to Rochester from Toronto
[May 14, 2017]My mom has a huge family—a huge church-going Roman Catholic family. My maternal grandmother had 7 daughters and 4 sons. After I came out to my immediate family...
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What About Me?
[May 21, 2017]In my senior year of high school I wrote and starred in a play called What about me? I wrote the play as a way of dealing with my...
What About Me?
[May 21, 2017]In my senior year of high school I wrote and starred in a play called What about me? I wrote the play as a way of dealing with my...