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“When the mind is exhausted of images, it invents its own.” -Gary SnyderTonight I talk (again) about the ample chest of my grandma and what that meant to me when we hugged. After that, I accidentally talk shit about people who have muscles. And then I read a couple of very short poems & end the podcast more satisfied with life than I've ever sounded in the history of my time on the planet. It was kinda strange. But really good. And I'm back to normal already, so I'm really glad I got to spend that minute with you.Lots of love to you all as this year approaches a full dissolve. While the 2017 You melts away, I wish you a 2018 brighter and stronger than you could have imagined. We're all in this together. LINKS:Buy Gary Snyder's "This Present Moment" here: http://www.counterpointpress.com/dd-product/this-present-moment/Buy Anne Carson's Plainwater here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/24646/plainwater-by-anne-carson/9781101911273/Nat Evans Twitter: https://twitter.com/natevans__Nat Evans Instagram:

"I forgot who said, 'The poet is like a mechanic in love with the engine of his car.' " - Charles Simic "I love dark, royalty free hip hop." -Me LINKS:Buy The Horse Has Six Legs here: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/horse-has-six-legsLearn more about Charles Simic here: https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/charles-simicListen to my interview on We Eat Art here: http://www.weeatart.com/blog/2017/12/21/episode-20-robyn-oneilConsider contributing to their Patreon so that they can continue putting out more and more episodes with great artists! https://www.patreon.com/weeatartMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

Fuzzy things, apples, water, dusk, pencils, good books, nice people, funny people, couches and cooking magazines, extreme weather, people's necks, water again, walking, creating healthy boundaries, taking notes, reading, taking baths, grandmas, potatoes, salads, potato salad, vinegar, pickles, blankets, soft clothes, silence, accepting, making sure people know they're loved. LINKS:Look how cheap WORLD POETRY is! $1.99 for a book w/ over 1,000 pages of poetry!: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/world-poetry-clifton-fadiman/1122987694/2677020633099?st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_New+Marketplace+Shopping+Textbooks_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP164998&gclid=Cj0KCQiA38jRBRCQARIsACEqIeu2MAzy-k4UtA8EF6qo-BRGa49L9dAEh-fhCw-K824GmNstcwK1bTEaAtaDEALw_wcBHere's my book on Amazon (it looks sold out, but it's not!): https://www.amazon.com/Robyn-ONeil-20-Years-Drawings/dp/0692896511/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1513297859&sr=8-1&keywords=robyn+o%27neilHere's my book at Archon: https://www.archonprojects.com/

I will be feet from John Goodman tomorrow. My energy level is low. I once went to the proctologist. I'm vulnerable and I like that. The horse knows that his owner is a torturer. Watch your back. LINKS:Buy W.H. Auden's Collected Poems here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/6183/collected-poems-by-w-h-auden/Amazon link to my book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0692896511/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1512687788&sr=8-1Bruegel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landscape_with_the_Fall_of_IcarusThe Great Concavity (David Foster Wallace podcast): https://greatconcavity.podbean.comMy appearance on The Great Concavity: https://greatconcavity.podbean.com/?s=robyn+Archon Projects: https://www.archonprojects.com/shop/robyn-oneil-20-years-of-drawingsFollow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilFollow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

I knew these people. These two people. They were in love with each other.LINKS:Sam Shepard: http://www.sam-shepard.comThe audio of this scene: http://theresearchsociety.tumblr.com/post/12347992593/i-knew-these-people-ry-cooder-with-harry-deanWim Wenders: http://www.wim-wenders.comParis, Texas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris,_Texas_(film)Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

"We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds." - Anton Chekhov "Drink some water, eat an apple, be quiet, take a walk, and get the fuck outta here!" - MeLINKS:Ben Horne (Richard Beymer) and his bike story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9QihlBt5MoWestern Exhibitions in Chicago: http://westernexhibitions.comMy favorite Tig Notaro performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSwzYB545hYDavid Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_JestMe: https://www.robynoneil.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enTwitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Today, Thanksgiving, I finally tell you my Christian Bale fight story. It's too bad I did a terrible job of telling it. Whether you're sweating in the kitchen, hiding resentments or just being forced to hug a weird cousin, spend a little time with me. Go outside and hide for a while. Take some breaths. Remember it'll all be over soon. And hey, if you're one of those Americans that just loves the Holidays and is having a blast with your family, GOOD FOR YOU! Keep it up. Sorry for my negativity/reality. Keep coming back. I love you too. LINKS:Buy Tomas Tranströmer's The Great Enigma here: https://www.ndbooks.com/book/the-great-enigma/Buy my book "Robyn O'Neil: 20 Years of Drawings" here: https://www.archonprojects.com/shop/robyn-oneil-20-years-of-drawingsMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

Dear Reader, Remember Aileen Wuornos' hair? That's what mine looks like right now. I always thought I kinda looked like her (with more frequent baths) anyway. I'm downing sparkling water and Alka Seltzer. This is my bacchanal. With love, RobynYear by yearthe monkey's maskreveals the monkey.-BashoLINKS:Buy "Animals Strike Curious Poses" here: http://www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/animals-strike-curious-poses-elena-passarelloBuy "The World Doesn't End" here: https://olivesbooks.com/products/9780156983501-0156983508-the-world-doesnt-endFollow me on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilFollow me on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enMore on Nebraska Killer/Nail Expert Steven Roy Harper here: http://www.thedarksideofamerica.com/harper-steven-ne.html

I don't know if I'm capable of ANYTHING at this point or ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. I did just go to the grocery store in a city I'm not familiar with just to get Saltines, so I accomplished that. I love Saltines and am 100% more comfortable when I have them at arm's length. I also just put on my sweatpants again because I have two hours to kill. That counts for something. I guess I'm equating "doing something" with being comfortable? I could aim for worse. LINKS:Buy Kaveh Akbar's Calling a Wolf a Wolf here: http://alicejamesbooks.org/ajb-titles/calling-a-wolf-a-wolf/Follow Akbar's INCREDIBLE twitter feed here: https://twitter.com/KavehAkbarCheck out the new issue of Nat. Brut here: https://www.natbrut.comInfo on my show in Winston-Salem, NC at SECCA is here: http://secca.org/calendar-detail.php?EventOccId=824398142Follow me on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilFollow me on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enI love you!

In summary, I DON'T have a crush on Jeffrey Dahmer even though I pretty much said I did. I DO have a crush on Rainboy. I AM very depressed right now. I WILL be in San Francisco this weekend. I WILL kick you out of the podcast if you're an awful human being. I DO have a perfectionism issue. I wish things were different, I want to tell you you'll be happy, and I DO love you. Many thanks for listening and I'm sorry for so many things. Also, shoutout to the person who posted that they actually read these little blurbs I write! Thank you fam. LINKS: Buy Marina Tsvetaeva’s Letter to the Amazon here: https://www.uglyducklingpresse.org/catalog/browse/item/?pubID=531My book: https://www.archonprojects.com/shop/robyn-oneil-20-years-of-drawingsSan Francisco’s Book Signing Event: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bardq0ChT1q/?taken-by=robyn_oneilMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EauthorMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enWriter/poet/artist Ste

"I praise the failure of those with ambition, the authors of leaflets and notebooks of nothing." - Mark Strand."Me too, boo." - Mep.s. does anyone read these?LINKS:Buy Mark Strand's Collected Poems here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/236122/collected-poems-by-mark-strand/9780804170857/If you're in San Antonio, come on out to my lecture and book signing Friday, October 20th. Details here: http://bluestarcontemporary.org/calendar-events/robyn-oneil-artist-talk-book-signing-20-years-drawing/If you want to buy my book "Robyn O'Neil: 20 Years of Drawings", do that here: https://www.archonprojects.com/shop/robyn-oneil-20-years-of-drawingsMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EauthorMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

Today we go back to our self-hatred rating system to see where we're all at these days. I'm a 4.7 out of 10. I explain my love of my high school closet, but I don't go into details just so you can imagine me way more interesting than I actually am. And then, we let Etel Adnan take over. “Morality is violence. An invisible violence at first. Love is a supreme violence, hidden deep in the darkness of our atoms. When a stream flows into a river, it’s love and it’s violence. When a cloud loses itself in the sky, it’s a marriage." -Etel AdnanLINKS:Buy "An Etel Adnan Reader" here: http://www.nightboat.org/title/look-sea-become-what-one-etel-adnan-readerMore about Etel Adnan here: http://www.eteladnan.comMore about Muse to the show Stephanie Goehring here: http://stephaniegoehring.weebly.comMy upcoming appearances here: https://www.archonprojects.com/news-and-events/Buy my book here: https://www.amazon.com/20-Years-Drawings-Robyn-ONeil/dp/0692896511/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1507852351&sr=8-2&keywords=robyn

Things I like: Tak Fujimoto, Janet Jackson, casseroles. Things I don't like: the feel of terra cotta, my acne, jelly inside donuts."There is still one difference left between us. You have a tenderness grown weary and I have a weariness grown tender." - Dulce María LoynazLINKS:Buy Absolute Solitude here: https://archipelagobooks.org/book/absolute-solitude/Check out Stephanie Goehring's work here: http://stephaniegoehring.weebly.comMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enMy book of 20 years of drawings: https://www.archonprojects.com/shop/robyn-oneil-20-years-of-drawings

This is a one-off. I said I'll never have a guest on my podcast, but I changed my mind. My dad is my favorite person to have conversations with, and being with him and my mom the past two days made me so happy that I wanted to share a piece of it with you. I hope some of you like listening to us. And there's also ANNE CARSON! I love you guys, RobynLINKS:Buy Anne Carson's Short Talks here: https://www.brickbooks.ca/books/short-talks-2/Malvern Books in Austin, TX: http://malvernbooks.comPoet/Writer/Friend Stephanie Goehring:https://twitter.com/eselgoehring?lang=enMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

"I created all these alters within myself. I created a whole team within myself." -Herschel WalkerLINKSCome on out Saturday night Dallas! Info about my book release party at Talley Dunn Gallery here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1453848888032717/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%22108%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7DBuy Erratic Fire, Erratic Passion here: http://www.featherproof.com/catalog/erratic-fire-erratic-passionBuy Looking for Poetry here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Looking-for-Poetry-Mark-Strand/9780375709883?ref=bd_recs_1_1Buy my new book 20 Years of Drawings here: https://www.archonprojects.com/shop/robyn-oneil-20-years-of-drawings

“Sometimes I think no matter how one is born, no matter how one acts, there is something out of gear with one somewhere, and that must be changed. Life at its best is a grand corrective.” - Jessie Redmon Fauset LINKSRead more about Jessie Redmon Fauset in The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-forgotten-work-of-jessie-redmon-fausetBuy her novel “There Is Confusion” here: https://www.amazon.com/There-Confusion-Northeastern-Library-Literature/dp/1555530664Check out my book tour dates here: https://www.archonprojects.com/news-and-events/Buy my book here: https://www.archonprojects.com/shop/robyn-oneil-20-years-of-drawingsMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

A nurse called me a pee pee girl. I love San Antonio. John Ashbery died today. He loved movies. I do too. So do you.I’ve missed you. LINKSBuy John Ashbery’s Planisphere:https://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/planisphere-john-ashbery/1016147783/2675161923307?st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_Marketplace+Shopping+Books_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP1948&k_clickid=3x1948Buy my new book here: https://www.archonprojects.com/shop/robyn-oneil-20-years-of-drawingsFollow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enFollow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Send in your Kleenex CEO poems! mereadingstuff@icloud.com LINKS:https://www.wavepoetry.com/products/trances-of-the-blast

"It is a mistake to hope, but not a biggie." -Mary Ruefle LINKS:Follow me on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enFollow me on twitter here: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilBuy Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties here: http://books.wwnorton.com/books/Rilke-on-Love-and-Other-Difficulties/Buy Vasko Popa's Complete Poems here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/vasko-popa-vasko-popa/1125579840/2683774181823?st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_Marketplace+Shopping+greatbookprices_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP24181Info on my show here in LA, opening July 22nd: http://www.101exhibit.com/exhibitions/figurative-futuresRuPaul Wisdom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKJp5xRVpJs

"The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream." -Wallace Stevens.Good luck topping that line. LINKS:Wallace Stevens - The Collected Poems: http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/251420/the-collected-poems-of-wallace-stevens-by-wallace-stevens/9781101911686/Me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enMe on twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilEmail David your contest entries at mereadingstuff@icloud.com