Visibility is not enough—we need actual complexity. Visibility can quickly turn into invisibility when the stories that make us visible actually redu… - Sally Wen Mao

I would want a dreaming machine that dreams up the most beautiful dreams and then show me exactly how to make them a reality…This is the eternal conundrum: the visualization of desires (dreams), and then the dissonance between that and reality.

The ambiguity when the performance of self becomes self-destructive, or when performance of self becomes pathological. That gray area interests me as a poet because it’s so wrapped up in everyday life now that it’s almost mundane. So much of this performance is tied to feelings of worth and value; in essence, it becomes ongoing, an entire existence all on its own…

History books are necessary in order for us to know and perceive the truth, and there’s always a question of perspective and who gets to tell the story…