Illustration by Ali McLeod
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Illustration by Lisa DuBois
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Marisa Ellen Dluge
i work hard, i’m deeply in debt, higher education chewed me up and spit me out, i work at a small business, i’m a problem solver and creative thinker, i’m an extrovert except when i’m not, i make noises that are jarring and startling, i’m nearly always five minutes behind, i love catharsis, i give until it hurts, i’m not afraid of getting hurt, i am very afraid of hurting others, i am a great listener except when i’m not, i give advice, i think you are (probably) really awesome, i am here for me, i am here for you.
Performance
i call myself a performance artist, because i don’t know what else to call myself. through performance i attempt to turn the audience’s attention to the visceral, mundane, vulnerable and private aspects of the human experience. i like feelings and people and their feelings. my style is punctuated by my own honesty, insecurity, blind optimism, anxiety and uncontrollable excitement. being human is messy business; i'm pretty sure we could all figure this out if we got a bit more comfortable being uncomfortable.
i want to bravely make awkward things with messy people in safe spaces.
how about you?
i call myself a performance artist, because i don’t know what else to call myself. through performance i attempt to turn the audience’s attention to the visceral, mundane, vulnerable and private aspects of the human experience. i like feelings and people and their feelings. my style is punctuated by my own honesty, insecurity, blind optimism, anxiety and uncontrollable excitement. being human is messy business; i'm pretty sure we could all figure this out if we got a bit more comfortable being uncomfortable.
i want to bravely make awkward things with messy people in safe spaces.
how about you?
Ypsilanti, Michigan
my two favorite words separated with a comma. i love my home; like claiming it's my tenth term as president of the spirit committee but i elected myself and there is no spirit committee. i love the cold, i love the water, i love that everyone is grumpy and also polite, i love that you can walk everywhere but you still only go to four places and sometimes you drive and then complain about parking tickets. i love that the winter kills all of the big bugs except the occasional house centipede that grew to a chaotic size in your unfinished basement. i love that we take art seriously and don't give up on creating an earnest community that has open dialogues but are still total assholes to each other on the internet. i love that we go to each other things and aren't assholes in real life. i love my poor, bright, warm-hearted, scrappy little city.
my two favorite words separated with a comma. i love my home; like claiming it's my tenth term as president of the spirit committee but i elected myself and there is no spirit committee. i love the cold, i love the water, i love that everyone is grumpy and also polite, i love that you can walk everywhere but you still only go to four places and sometimes you drive and then complain about parking tickets. i love that the winter kills all of the big bugs except the occasional house centipede that grew to a chaotic size in your unfinished basement. i love that we take art seriously and don't give up on creating an earnest community that has open dialogues but are still total assholes to each other on the internet. i love that we go to each other things and aren't assholes in real life. i love my poor, bright, warm-hearted, scrappy little city.