James A. Reeves
Journal Stories + Essays Books Installations Broadcasts About

Las Vegas

Fever dreams enhanced by the American government.

Here in Las Vegas, we’re catching the faintest edge of the atmospheric river, a weather event that sounds like something from a fantasy novel.

Ohio

I put a lot of faith in office products to solve my existential problems.

My map is upside down, inscrutable, and probably for a different planet.

Journal

Goodness

Ohio. Tonight the sun sets at 5:20pm, and I’m still thinking about my soul.

Journal

Max

“You’re looking at the future: people translated as data.” This line from Max Headroom holds up thirty-five years later.

Journal

Ready

“You can put on a jacket,” she says, “but you can’t take off your skin.”

Journal

Pray

When I consider the man I want to become, I often picture myself as someone who prays.

Journal

Clay

The Stand brought me back to teenage nights of staying awake into the small hours with a flashlight, promising myself just one more chapter.

Journal

Spear

And what is my intuition telling me? My first thought is to turn down the volume on the world so I can hear.

Journal

Wolf

They call it the hour of the wolf, and I think it’s reassuring there’s a name for this time, that others feel it too.

New York City

June 14, 2020

Sometimes my mind lands on a jittery thought: screens have become our reality and the physical world simply exists to serve their needs.

New York City

Presence

Tonight I came across Tolstoy’s three questions, and they feel especially pressing in these overloaded and disorienting days.

Newsletter • Portfolio
Email • RSS • Mastodon • Search
  • Journal
  • Installations
  • Essays + Stories
  • Books
  • Broadcasts
  • About