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Prison Blog

In which Possum recounts his experiences as an offender in the system.

Possum Bones is autistic. He has identified as a dirty kid in the past, and he’s attended multiple rainbow gatherings. He has several years left to serve in the Washington Correctional system.

He has been making art since he could sit up. He communicates better in writing than speech. If you are interested in the experience of an autistic person doing prison time, check out his Prison Blog. If you are a fan of comic art, underground/outsider music, Lovecraft, Clarke Ashton Smith, Murakami, Cixui Liu, etc.

Produce Instead of Serve 1/8/19

The purpose of this writing and drawing is very simple: To produce. “It’s now become a habit to serve instead of produce.” - Fresh Blueberry Pancake, Heavy LP 1970. Ideally, I want to produce rather than serve. If I have to serve, at least I can still try to produce. Even if what I produce isn’t vitally important, I just want to. In a way, it’s a kind of intoxicating engagement. I could spend time once way or another, this is as good of a way as alcoholism was. I’m participating in a small way in the collective illusion. The computer technician codes, I’m a reader and I’m coding in the language of ideas and stories. Probably nothing will ever come of it, but at least I can say “this came from me. I produced a thing instead of slavishly accepting other people’s fantasies.” It’s also a way for me to show my appreciation for other people’s fantasies. If you imagine the world of art as a free pile, I took some things, but also left some things. Even though they’re small things. Basically, my civic duty as a person who enjoys other people’s art.

Elisa Carlson