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 places and people on the spot, etc., etc., which can mean that I don't have the… — 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
