"We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds." - Anton Chekhov

"Drink some water, eat an apple, be quiet, take a walk, and get the fuck outta here!" - Me

LINKS:

Ben Horne (Richard Beymer) and his bike story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9QihlBt5Mo

Western Exhibitions in Chicago: http://westernexhibitions.com

My favorite Tig Notaro performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSwzYB545hY

David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_Jest

Me: https://www.robynoneil.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Today, Thanksgiving, I finally tell you my Christian Bale fight story. It's too bad I did a terrible job of telling it. Whether you're sweating in the kitchen, hiding resentments or just being forced to hug a weird cousin, spend a little time with me. Go outside and hide for a while. Take some breaths. Remember it'll all be over soon. And hey, if you're one of those Americans that just loves the Holidays and is having a blast with your family, GOOD FOR YOU! Keep it up. Sorry for my negativity/reality. Keep coming back. I love you too.

LINKS:

Buy Tomas Tranströmer's The Great Enigma here: https://www.ndbooks.com/book/the-great-enigma/

Buy my book "Robyn O'Neil: 20 Years of Drawings" here: https://www.archonprojects.com/shop/robyn-oneil-20-years-of-drawings

Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

Dear Reader, Remember Aileen Wuornos' hair? That's what mine looks like right now. I always thought I kinda looked like her (with more frequent baths) anyway. I'm downing sparkling water and Alka Seltzer. This is my bacchanal. With love, Robyn

Year by year
the monkey's mask
reveals the monkey.
-Basho

LINKS:

Buy "Animals Strike Curious Poses" here: http://www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/animals-strike-curious-poses-elena-passarello

Buy "The World Doesn't End" here: https://olivesbooks.com/products/9780156983501-0156983508-the-world-doesnt-end

Follow me on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

Follow me on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

More on Nebraska Killer/Nail Expert Steven Roy Harper here: http://www.thedarksideofamerica.com/harper-steven-ne.html

I don't know if I'm capable of ANYTHING at this point or ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. I did just go to the grocery store in a city I'm not familiar with just to get Saltines, so I accomplished that. I love Saltines and am 100% more comfortable when I have them at arm's length. I also just put on my sweatpants again because I have two hours to kill. That counts for something. I guess I'm equating "doing something" with being comfortable? I could aim for worse.

LINKS:

Buy Kaveh Akbar's Calling a Wolf a Wolf here: http://alicejamesbooks.org/ajb-titles/calling-a-wolf-a-wolf/

Follow Akbar's INCREDIBLE twitter feed here: https://twitter.com/KavehAkbar

Check out the new issue of Nat. Brut here: https://www.natbrut.com

Info on my show in Winston-Salem, NC at SECCA is here: http://secca.org/calendar-detail.php?EventOccId=824398142

Follow me on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

Follow me on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

I love you!

In summary, I DON'T have a crush on Jeffrey Dahmer even though I pretty much said I did. I DO have a crush on Rainboy. I AM very depressed right now. I WILL be in San Francisco this weekend. I WILL kick you out of the podcast if you're an awful human being. I DO have a perfectionism issue. I wish things were different, I want to tell you you'll be happy, and I DO love you. Many thanks for listening and I'm sorry for so many things.

Also, shoutout to the person who posted that they actually read these little blurbs I write! Thank you fam.

LINKS:

Buy Marina Tsvetaeva’s Letter to the Amazon here: https://www.uglyducklingpresse.org/catalog/browse/item/?pubID=531

My book: https://www.archonprojects.com/shop/robyn-oneil-20-years-of-drawings

San Francisco’s Book Signing Event: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bardq0ChT1q/?taken-by=robyn_oneil

Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

Writer/poet/artist Stephanie Goehring: http://stephaniegoehring.weebly.com

"I praise the failure of those with ambition, the authors of leaflets and notebooks of nothing." - Mark Strand.

"Me too, boo." - Me

p.s. does anyone read these?

LINKS:

Buy Mark Strand's Collected Poems here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/236122/collected-poems-by-mark-strand/9780804170857/

If you're in San Antonio, come on out to my lecture and book signing Friday, October 20th. Details here: http://bluestarcontemporary.org/calendar-events/robyn-oneil-artist-talk-book-signing-20-years-drawing/

If you want to buy my book "Robyn O'Neil: 20 Years of Drawings", do that here: https://www.archonprojects.com/shop/robyn-oneil-20-years-of-drawings

Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

Today we go back to our self-hatred rating system to see where we're all at these days. I'm a 4.7 out of 10. I explain my love of my high school closet, but I don't go into details just so you can imagine me way more interesting than I actually am. And then, we let Etel Adnan take over.

“Morality is violence. An invisible violence at first. Love is a supreme violence, hidden deep in the darkness of our atoms. When a stream flows into a river, it’s love and it’s violence. When a cloud loses itself in the sky, it’s a marriage." -Etel Adnan

LINKS:

Buy "An Etel Adnan Reader" here: http://www.nightboat.org/title/look-sea-become-what-one-etel-adnan-reader

More about Etel Adnan here: http://www.eteladnan.com

More about Muse to the show Stephanie Goehring here: http://stephaniegoehring.weebly.com

My upcoming appearances here: https://www.archonprojects.com/news-and-events/

Buy my book here: https://www.amazon.com/20-Years-Drawings-Robyn-ONeil/dp/0692896511/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1507852351&sr=8-2&keywords=robyn+o%27neil

And more about my work here: https://www.robynoneil.com

Things I like: Tak Fujimoto, Janet Jackson, casseroles. Things I don't like: the feel of terra cotta, my acne, jelly inside donuts.

"There is still one difference left between us. You have a tenderness grown weary and I have a weariness grown tender." - Dulce María Loynaz

LINKS:

Buy Absolute Solitude here: https://archipelagobooks.org/book/absolute-solitude/

Check out Stephanie Goehring's work here: http://stephaniegoehring.weebly.com

Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

My book of 20 years of drawings: https://www.archonprojects.com/shop/robyn-oneil-20-years-of-drawings

This is a one-off. I said I'll never have a guest on my podcast, but I changed my mind. My dad is my favorite person to have conversations with, and being with him and my mom the past two days made me so happy that I wanted to share a piece of it with you. I hope some of you like listening to us. And there's also ANNE CARSON!

I love you guys,
Robyn

LINKS:

Buy Anne Carson's Short Talks here: https://www.brickbooks.ca/books/short-talks-2/

Malvern Books in Austin, TX: http://malvernbooks.com

Poet/Writer/Friend Stephanie Goehring:
https://twitter.com/eselgoehring?lang=en

Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

"I created all these alters within myself. I created a whole team within myself." -Herschel Walker

LINKS

Come on out Saturday night Dallas! Info about my book release party at Talley Dunn Gallery here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1453848888032717/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%22108%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D

Buy Erratic Fire, Erratic Passion here: http://www.featherproof.com/catalog/erratic-fire-erratic-passion

Buy Looking for Poetry here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Looking-for-Poetry-Mark-Strand/9780375709883?ref=bd_recs_1_1

Buy my new book 20 Years of Drawings here: https://www.archonprojects.com/shop/robyn-oneil-20-years-of-drawings