James A. Reeves
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Ohio

Sleep has an oddly moral dimension.

The pulse of distant highway traffic in the rain is the most soothing sound I know.

Journal

Sometimes you can’t find the door.

C. and I spent the afternoon in a dark gallery and tested how our video reflected off different surfaces.

Michigan

It feels like a video game.

I love driving at night. It feels like a video game.

Journal

Complaining while their opponents scorch the earth.

Today I learned your gun permit is an acceptable form of voter identification, which feels almost too American.

Journal

A white Honda with a crumpled fender.

This afternoon I idled behind a white Honda with a crumpled fender.

Journal

If we can rearrange time, we can do anything.

The end of Daylight Savings Time is my favorite holiday because it brings the night closer.

Ohio

I recited the names of cities like a mantra.

C. and I are trying to determine our best route to Vegas.

Ohio

A bright daytime moon hung in the sky.

I’d like to live in a world of apologetic gods and talking satellites.

Ohio

My brain has run out of sleeping juice.

I’ve decided to embrace the upside of insomnia.

Journal

A mumbled conspiracy feels wholesome these days.

We often discuss what would happen if one of us saw a ghost. It might be the most fundamental test of any relationship.

Journal

There’s a thin line between vigilance and neuroticism.

You can almost taste it, that bright metallic sensation that floods the brain when it decides there will be no sleep tonight.

Night Stations

Night Station 04

A lone gas station in the night is my church.

Journal

Tighter pores, fewer toxins, and a sharper mind.

The mounted head of a deer gazed down at a golden Buddha and a silkscreen of Audrey Hepburn.

Ohio

A secular approach to home improvement.

Above a shuttered rest area, a billboard announced “Jesus Christ is the Answer! Call Dan’s Windows & Flooring!”

Journal

An urge to tear apart the sky.

Last week I logged into LinkedIn to hunt for some design work. Depression hit me in seconds.

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