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There are moments in life when a conversation or conflict sticks around long after everyone else has moved on. Sometimes, no matter how much time passes, the situation still feels unresolved. That's what I'm dealing with today — a long-standing tension with the art community that I used to be a part of, and it's affecting me deeply, even years after the original conflict. Recently, I received an email that seemed like a final nail in the coffin of this unresolved drama. It was from an old associate, someone who used to be part of the Fullerton art scene alongside...

It’s impossible to open a news feed or social media these days without stumbling across the word Palestine. The situation between Israel and Palestine has been going on for decades, yet here we are, 2024, and it feels like the "WTF" moment has reached new heights. So, let’s dive into this topic — not from the perspective of seasoned pundits, but from a more down-to-earth, "I’m trying to make sense of this" approach. Because, seriously... WTF is happening? A Brief Background: Why We Keep Hearing About It Okay, so if you skipped history class or just haven't been following Middle...

I suffered the poverty, the lack of representation in galleries, and the absence of connections for ten long years. No media publication, no social media socialization—while I dealt with the shame and humiliation, the outcasting, and the isolation that you and Baxter mandated upon me. It was a deliberate shutdown of my artistic voice, a decade spent in silence and on the outside looking in. And yet, after all that, you can nonchalantly say, “There’s nothing you can do?” Really, Michael??? After ten years of professional and personal devastation, you're telling me that this was simply beyond your control? You’re...

So, the social worker (or specialist) is signing me up for another program, Open Access. Honestly, this may mess with my plans a bit. Open Access might try to place me in a group home where I’ll have less money and, worse, be around smokers all the time. That’s a setup for failure—it’ll make quitting smoking a real challenge. But there’s still hope! She says she’s still pushing to get me into Jamboree, the low-income housing program. If that works out, I’d have more money, my own place, and fewer temptations to smoke since I wouldn’t be surrounded by it....

A brick was thrown through my mother’s window to enter the house. No one was home. I was tried and convicted for my crime, as should be. But there’s more to the story than just the act, and the details are in my book JKAT. You banned it, but I made sure it’s still available for anyone who wants to read it and understand my side. You can find it on my website, and trust me, it’s an easy read. I wrote it for the colonists, so they’d know the truth. And now, here I am, scrolling through Instagram, seeing...