greatest person in my life best friend and partner ANKA @kingfisher-cove was born this blessed day of fools so i'm shining a big spotlight on their fool ass. there's so much i could and want to say and none of it would be enough. us meeting and living together and hanging out was a series of powerful coincidences and then we just never stopped hanging out. the funniest kindest most clever, most generous, steadfast and curious, they deserve every good thing in the world— the world is so much better with them in it. i've loved every single day we spend together. we haven't been able to go on many adventures since the pandemic, but everything, no matter how small, is so exciting to experience, even nothing at all. imagine being comfortable with someone in any setting, no matter what. yes. it's so good.
Anka does half of all the work required for SUPERPOSE. they write and draw it with me, and they're responsible for most of the snail mail we send out. unbelievable skill.
they totally expanded and exploded what i thought art could be, and making projects together is the biggest motivator for doing it at all. i love making them laugh and yell when i/we come up with something new and they're ALWAYS making me laugh and yell.
i can't begin to predict what i'd be doing now if things shook out differently, but it was one of those crossroad moments where i thought my life was set up to be one thing and then i realised... it didn't have to be. i can at the very least say i wouldn't be close to the artist i am now, with all this passion and excitement for discovery, in great part because i get to live that— as a verb, as a language— with them. life's been the opposite of easy for a long time now, as we just try to secure something quiet and calm. and i wouldn't be anywhere else. i wish everything be gentle, and the world give in kind even some of what Anka's put into it. i mean what a crazy gift to ME, that i get to love them. everyone should.