Artist’s Statement Our primitive ancestors knew the value of soil and respected the soil. Yet, as the story of humanity has left its footprints upon history, soil has been trampled underfoot, becoming a mere footnote in the long march when it is fact its very foundation. Here are the facts on the ground: We may [...]
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Proposal to the Tate Museum for the Interactive Installation Exhibit “Soil Room”
Posted by Tom Busillo on March 17, 2012
http://monsterbegood.com/2012/03/17/proposal-to-the-tate-museum-for-the-interactive-installation-exhibit-soil-room/
The Parable of the Fishermen
about halfway down a primrose lane where prime numbers are unheard of in a rose of horns throughout the era of thought wise men proclaimed “We’re through with aughts!” and the area awaited its parable… You Can Stop Waiting – The Parable Starts Here There once were two fishermen who were brothers – each legendary [...]
Posted by Tom Busillo on March 7, 2012
http://monsterbegood.com/2012/03/07/the-parable-of-the-fishermen/
Tightrope Walking While Sleeping
A man sleepwalks off of a high cliff by the ocean dreaming he is walking a tightrope to the top of a volcano in the middle of the sea. He makes it three miles out – the whole time in midair without a wire or support – and does not start to fall until he [...]
Posted by Tom Busillo on January 26, 2012
http://monsterbegood.com/2012/01/26/tightrope-walking-while-sleeping/
The Most Beautiful Mule in the World
All morning, a man pulls a cart containing his mule up a mountain then breaks for lunch. He gives the mule his sandwich and apple and hitches himself to the oat bag. After lunch he hops into the cart next to the mule and steers them both down the mountain into the valley with a [...]
Posted by Tom Busillo on January 23, 2012
http://monsterbegood.com/2012/01/23/the-most-beautiful-mule-in-the-world/
[I Fed My Bird a Cat]
I fed my bird a cat. Then fed my bird another. I promised my bird that she would eat the cat who ate her mother.
Posted by Tom Busillo on January 17, 2012
http://monsterbegood.com/2012/01/17/i-fed-my-bird-a-cat/
Bowl of Face
Her husband’s face floods with water and empties itself into a bowl. The wife places the bowl in her freezer. Once the body starts to turn, she files the proper papers and has it disposed of, but keeps the bowl. Each morning she takes the bowl out, lets it melt, and then stares into it, [...]
Posted by Tom Busillo on January 11, 2012
http://monsterbegood.com/2012/01/11/bowl-of-face/
Metaphor During a Time of War
The breeze solidified into a bar of iron. The men came and took the iron for the war. Other men came and threw her in jail on the charge of hoarding materials deemed essential to the war effort. Thus, one makes metaphors during a time of war at one’s own peril.
Posted by Tom Busillo on January 8, 2012
http://monsterbegood.com/2012/01/08/metaphor-during-a-time-of-war/
What Brings You Here: “I Realized I Was a Gas…”
“All the previous mornings when I’d milk the cow, I’d grab the udder, give a tug and milk would squirt out into the pail. “I had no reason to question whether or not the milk was a liquid. “Then one morning, when I started milking the cow – and I can’t tell you how I [...]
Posted by Tom Busillo on December 26, 2011
http://monsterbegood.com/2011/12/26/what-brings-you-here-i-realized-i-was-a-gas/
How I Made My Escape into the World (A Rather Patriarchal Tale)
each year at the midpoint of summer the long line of widows in their black veils would come down from the hill and walk through our town’s Main Street and those who had lost husbands that year would fall in behind them and from that point on we would only see these women once a [...]
Posted by Tom Busillo on December 23, 2011
http://monsterbegood.com/2011/12/23/a-rather-patriachal-tale/
From the World of Feline Dressage
Dear Ms. Kataraski, I write in response to your letter of protest dated 10/29/11. In Article IV, Section III, Paragraph 2a of “The Rules of Feline Dressage” it is clearly stipulated that the rider must remain AT ALL TIMES IN THE SADDLE during the course of a run. Failure to adhere to this rule will [...]
Posted by Tom Busillo on November 6, 2011
http://monsterbegood.com/2011/11/06/from-the-world-of-feline-dressage/
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