Avoidable Contact Forever

Avoidable Contact Forever

In Which The Author's Son Sees Modern Art

Or, "Yes, that's really just a dude urinating on a chair"

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Jack Baruth
Oct 12, 2022
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let’s be real, jenny holzer did it first and better

To be a child is often to misunderstand the gravity of information, or a task, set before you. This is often played for emotional impact in film. “I just need you to go into the other room for a minute, sweetie,” a woman says, trying to shield her six-year-old daughter from seeing the knife in the hand …

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