"As a young man, you need a kick in the ass sometimes. Thank God, I really took that to heart."

"The day I decided to commit to being an artist was one of the best days of my life. I knew what I loved to do and wha…"

"Moving to New York to get an MFA in poetry was a pretty affirming moment. I started to research poets who were perfor…"

"When I was 15, I fell in a frozen lake. I was walking on a lake outside of Boston and the ice started cracking. The n…"

"When I do these performances now, the feeling in my body seems to mirror that lake experience. I did a performance a …"

"There are two phases of the exhibition—day and night. When you walk into the gallery during the day, in this reality,…"

"It’s sort of like building a puzzle. I get an idea and then see how it best fits. If it is an idea for a performance,…"

"I start researching and make calls to people whom I think can help me. The first 10 calls are all usually the same: “…"

"For this project, I am wearing a suit made of raw silk inspired by William Turner’s color palette in "The Burning of …"

"On the day of, usually, I am just focused on all that needs to get done to get the shot right. When I am performing, …"