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Steven Larson

West
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Artist Statement

Money structures erupt thick bankruptcy blunder full of wonder full of erratic capital gaining costs its novel like weeds we want to take over and spread concrete disease as plants undefeated don't need us to breath we are the leaves and the seas and dancing to traffic beeps it keeps changing replacing greens with grays sustained shopping sanctuary from the aftermath class-ism shaping and taping the lecture series of how not to step on cracks of sidewalks that scrape skies breaking clouds sounding car brakes while rafts don't have those when rowing past drenched pillows and telephone poles unsightly but don't you mind the gap between faux-craft stucco against tin rusted shanties sharing roofs survival techniques and apparel without disgust while embracing community-its a must while in the states buying shoes just because your Reebok's reek sweating barrels nervous that the oil has peaked around up's and down's of empty playgrounds swinging acts of laughing then bawling while talking on the--hold up china is calling for more development is natural as cavities mouthful of cookies abode while rooting deep underneath ripped out bought and resold.

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