A cast of characters accompanied by their moral dilemmas.

A work that captures the artist’s intense fascination with stories, legends, and place, long before he ever became an artist.

Family memory as an intimate and paradoxical creation of the individual mind.

It’s all the things we find ourselves unable to express about art that makes art so enigmatic.

Late-night encounters with art.

What is autotheory? How is it useful? Why do we love it?

Notes is a year-long series of essays that use an autotheoretical strategy to explore art and culture at large.