Now that twice the amount of time has passed and subducted memories have resurfaced, I feel I can confess what happened 23 years ago without fear without shame …
Began in 2021
Geology: Describes the structure of the Earth on and beneath its surface, the processes that have shaped that structure, and the histories of those rocks.
When his painful dormant memories were unexpectedly triggered, Stephen decided he wanted to remember more instead of suppressing them as in the past. Taking a cue from Nanasaki Ryosuke’s UNTIL I MEET MY HUSBAND, Stephen began to document those revived memories that he had never revealed to anyone in a series of candid chronological essays, a memoir of his struggles with bipolar depression, suicide, exile, relationships, immigration, discrimination; and how they shaped his life, his art and heart.
CURRENT CHAPTERS
- WEATHERING [when soul is worn down]
- PETRIFICATION [when one turns to stone]
- EROSION [when self is undercut]
- TECTONICS [when the heart shifts]
- TREMORS [when ground falls away]
- SUBDUCTION [when self is crushed]
- BOUNDARY [when lines cross]
- METAMORPHISM [when stone transforms]
- ESCARPMENT – FALLING
- ESCARPMENT – CHIMNEYING
- ESCARPMENT – OVERHANG
- CRATERING – RIM
- CRATERING – BASIN
- CRATERING – EJECTA
CHAPTERS TO COME
- Landslide [when one is buried]
- Uplift
- Unconformity
when soul is worn down
when one turns to stone
when self is undercut
when the heart shifts
when ground falls away
when self is crushed
when lines cross
when stone transforms
FALLING
CHIMNEYING
OVERHANG
RIM
BASIN
EJECTA
XV. LANDSLIDE
when one is buried
XVI. UPLIFT
.
XVII. UNCONFORMITY
.
I sometimes wonder,
Geology (God Farts)
What is my capacity
for endless heartbreak