151 - The Devouring Mirror

Kris and I have an in-depth discussion about run-down American towns. Notes: Kris gives a recap of his installation setup, how to run a self-publishing business, where the time goes when you’re parenting, anthills, what you can measure is what you can’t measure, inscape and instress, Gerald Manley Hopkins, Thin, Gently Scorched Metal, leaving a part of yourself behind in hotel rooms, a reason for art outside of communication, the Booty Warrior, David shows Kris a puppet, is poverty a result of degeneration, or a failure to launch?, Tortilla Flat, what causes a town to fall into poverty?, car culture as a sign of middle class prosperity, talking to strangers, the corporatization of American towns, Chat GPT’s solution for poverty, Disney communities, caliente yellow, Kris’s guide to talking to strangers, a new approach to open-air prisons, and long days that go by quickly.