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juniper

between the click of the light, and the start of the dream.

About Me

I met you
on the bus, of all places --
peeking over the seat.You showed me a picture of yourself
in a triumphant pose,
asked me to stand in ovation every time
I saw or thought of it.As you stood to leave you said,
“when I see you again,”
confidently, your hand on the seat back
then leaned to whisper
“because I want to.”You approached to
kiss me on both cheeks
like a foreigner,
but the execution became awkward
and I pretended it was an accident
when our lips met.

My Interests

i like familiar stomach aches, underlining things in books, awkward silence, making resin jewelry, finding discarded love letters, taking pictures and polaroids, and recycled art projects.

I'd like to meet:

polaroids
burned sign archive

Music:

the gossip, placebo, sonic youth, radiohead, the yeah yeah yeahs, smashing pumpkins, saturday looks good to me, ted leo and the pharmacists, imperial teen, metric, of montreal, camera obscura, arcade fire, cub, bloc party, devendra banhart, caribou, deerhoof, daniel johnston, broken social scene

Movies:

the science of sleep, edward scissorhands, harold and maude, amelie, almost famous, detroit rock city, say anything, corrina corrina, girl interrupted, drop dead gorgeous, you and me and everyone we know, love me if you dare, high fidelity, the breakfast club, spun, the royal tennenbaums, breathless, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, bonnie and clyde, he loves me he loves me not, the virgin suicides, shopgirl, sixteen candles, dead poets society, le dernier jour

Television:

freaks and geeks, my so called life, L&O svu, undeclared

Books:

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, the subterraneans, everything is illuminated, star girl, invisible monsters, white oleander, on the road, a million little pieces, running with scissors, the fountainhead, speak, postsecret, girl walking backwards, dreaming in cuban, the street of crocodiles, girl, the lovely bones, a frost in the night, anywhere but here, franny and zooey, final girl

Heroes:

"When I write my symbolistic, serious impressionistic novels, I write ‘em in pencil."

My Blog

self portrait book

here is my newest book, it doesn't have a title yet.it is a self portrait,a collection of drawings and snippets of poems i am currently writing.drawing is something i am still really self conscious ab...
Posted by juniper on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:38:00 PST

my newest book

This is my newest book, for my artists book class.It's a commentary on the evolution of entertainment from books as sacred objects to throwaway no brainer tv.  When books were developed as an alt...
Posted by juniper on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 01:50:00 PST

artists statement

My approach to making artists books is not unlike my approach to most artistic processes: I usually just let my intuition take over.  My projects almost never welcome or allow for an initial plan...
Posted by juniper on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:45:00 PST

resin jewelry

July 9th, 2007i'll be making a few more batches and then i will be selling them at the zine symposium. i'm still trying to decide on prices, what do you think?April 16th, 2007April 4th, 2007 january 2...
Posted by juniper on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:15:00 PST