Dear Intimacy,

What would you have me know today?

I read Nan Goldin’s book, The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, a few months ago. Although I love her approach to photography and her photographs (she is a renegade! In the ‘70s and ‘80s she used a snapshot approach to photograph what her real life looked and felt like to her. At the time, this was not commonly done in photography), what I love more than her photography, is how she shared her photographs. When she had made work, she would gather her friends and host a slide show of the photographs she had made during that particular time. In her book, she tells a story about how her friends would be excited to see if they were in the slide show! So, I am going to borrow from Nan’s approach and host a slide show of my actual life! I would love to do this in person, like Nan, however, it’s impossible for me to take my show on the road to each of you so I’ll do mine virtually. Instead, I’ll gather my favourite photographs or videos and make a slide show to share with my friends.

A note about the music. I’m choosing songs I’m listening to at the time I’m making the photographs for each month’s slide show. This month I chose adore u by fred again. fred again uses his actual life to make and produce his music. I love his process and how to shares his work. fred wrote adore u for his younger sister. If you listen to his lyrics, they are beautiful. I often run to this song and find myself thinking about the lines,

You walk through life just like a dancer

If I had my way, everyday would be a parade

…

And I pray, pray you never lose your star

I'm so proud, proud of all that you are

The second song I chose is George Harrison’s version of Here Comes the Sun. Miles and Margot’s school plays music each morning before announcements. I happen to be in the school one morning and heard the Beatles version of Here Comes the Sun playing on the loud speaker. I loved the feeling I had while listening to this song in their school.

Last! We were lucky enough to watch Miles perform two plays at The Citadel in Edmonton this month! You will see him on stage, first as a duck wearing a baseball hat, and second as a make up artist wearing many colours! (SO PROUD OF HIM!)