I wish this was a different story. The world has turned suddenly upside down. They don't know what it is to be so chronically untouched that it extended from a spaceless to the edge of what can be petted, that an accidental brush of mailman's hand on your palm sent a jolt of longing straight to your trunk. I have sat on the grass, park benches, stoops, hospital room chairs, holding the great stocks of unused, objectless desire impaled in my lungs that collapses without oxygen until I was sure I was not in the room where the air is burning. (I live in America, I don't have to love it, nothing sound less than freedom to me, you do that. Everybody's got to love something), 2021 by Cole Lu

Cole Lu I wish this was a different story. The world has turned suddenly upside down. They don't know what it is to be so chronically untouched that it extended from a spaceless to the edge of what can be petted, that an accidental brush of mailman's hand on your palm sent a jolt of longing straight to your trunk. I have sat on the grass, park benches, stoops, hospital room chairs, holding the great stocks of unused, objectless desire impaled in my lungs that collapses without oxygen until I was sure I was not in the room where the air is burning. (I live in America, I don't have to love it, nothing sound less than freedom to me, you do that. Everybody's got to love something), 2021 Burnt birch
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I wish this was a different story. The world has turned suddenly upside down. They dont know what it is to be so chronically untouched that it extended from a spaceless to the edge of what can be petted that an accidental brush of mailmans hand on your palm sent a jolt of longing straight to your trunk. I have sat on the grass park benches stoops hospital room chairs holding the great stocks of unused objectless desire impaled in my lungs that collapses without oxygen until I was sure I was not in the room where the air is burning. I live in America I dont have to love it nothing sound less than freedom to me you do that. Everybodys got to love something by Cole Lu contemporary artwork Sculpture

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