I've always been interested in the principle of the fractal, which is typified by self-similarity across scale, which both puts a lot of pressure on a specific viewer's perspective and opens up the number of "correct" viewing positions infinitely, in… — Cole Swensen Copy Share Image
Being in unfamiliar places has no effect on my writing, except that it often means I'm caught up in the logistics of travel, the… — Cole Swensen Copy Share Image
Rather than thinking of sound and sense in my essays as two opposing principles, two perpendicular trajectories, as they are often considered in conversations… — Cole Swensen Copy Share Image
If you're deeply engaged in an event, you're part of it. But if you're outside of it, disinterested, you are the regard that registers… — Cole Swensen Copy Share Image
“Or a ghost is a knot in the otherwise smooth flow of time, an electrical storm in a jewelry box, grief perfectly aligned. And… — Cole Swensen Copy Share Image
At the end of any of my project I miss the material. I pick subjects I love and then get very engaged with them,… — Cole Swensen Copy Share Image
My focus is on the rhythmic relationship between body and ground and the visual relationships among the elements of the always-changing scene. — Cole Swensen Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in the principle of the fractal, which is typified by self-similarity across scale, which both puts a lot of pressure… — Cole Swensen Copy Share Image
“...most words for ghost are pieces of mica that carefully layered will make a window out of fire. It's cold and the faces at… — Cole Swensen Copy Share Image
