Natalie Tischler


2024
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ONGOING

    TAKE A SEAT
    OBJECTS

ABOUT
    WHAT?
    WHY?
    WHO?
Mark

MAY 2024

FRIDAY MAY 31 748P
BUT IT’S ALREADY 748P. YOU WONDER HOW IT’S STILL LIGHT OUT. OVER THE BRIDGE SEE THE SUN SET OVER THE BRIDGE THROUGH THE TRAIN. WONDER WHY I’M SO WORRIED ABOUT TIME...IT’S PLASTIC. A DAY, BUT IT’S NEVER OVER. ONE LONG DAY BLEEDS INTO ONE LONG LIFE INTO ONE CONTINUOUS MOMENT.
NOW IT’S 751P AND I WONDER WHERE  THREE MINUTES WENT. THERE SOMEWHERE. I DON’T MISS THEM BUT I COULD. I DON’T WANT THEM BACK BECAUSE I WILL GET THREE MORE, AM CONSTANTLY GETTING THREE MORE. I HAVE MINUTES ALL OF THE TIME AND THOUGH SOME MINUTES FEEL LONGER THAN OTHERS AND SOME MINUTES FEEL SHORTER THAN OTHERS THEY ARE STILL THERE AND I STILL GET TO EXPERIENCE THEM. WE EXPERIENCE THEM. WE ARE EXPERIENCING THE MINUTES.

SYNCHRONOUSLY, EVEN IF WE DON’T KNOW IT OR EACH OTHER. TIME IS ALWAYS GOOD IT PERPETUATES LIFE AND LIFE IS ALWAYS GOOD. LIFE IS ALWAYS GOOD BECAUSE WE HAVE IT AND SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE IT’S ALL WE HAVE. LIFE AND TIME. IF WE HAVE LIFE WE HAVE TIME AND IF WE HAVE TIME WE ARE LIVING. THAT AUTOCORRECTED TO LOVING AND I CHANGED IT BUT I DIDN’T HAVE TO.

I FALL IN LOVE WITH STILLNESS
DON’T MOVE UNTIL I’M MOVED
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SUNDAY MAY 26 508P
I HAD TO FIND THIS STACK OF PAPERS WITH INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO WIN AND I WAS ONE OF THE CHOSEN ONES TO GET ONE OF THESE STACK OF PAPERS AND ON IT WERE NUMBERED SENTENCES ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO WIN

EACH PAPER HAD COORDINATES AND A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO AT EACH OF THE COORDINATES. 15 TO 20 ITEMS ON EACH LIST. ONE HAD YOU GO UP TO A HALAL CART AND ASK FOR A SPECIFIC ORDER

I’M THINKING ABOUT MY OLD BOSS, I HAD TO GO TO SOMEONE HIGHER UP THAN HIM TO GET MORE INFORMATION. I HAD TO KEEP IT A SECRET SO NO ONE KNEW THAT I WAS THE ONE. SO I DO A FEW OF THESE THINGS AND THEY’RE ALL AROUND THE CITY AND I WAS SO DISTRACTED THAT THE NEXT DAY I HAD TO GO TO WORK AND I WORE PAJAMAS AND ONE SNEAKER AND I FORGOT MY OTHER SHOE. I WENT INTO WORK FOR A BIT, WE’RE HAVING A MEETING 

AND THEN I NEED TO FIND A SNEAKER STORE. SO I SEE THAT THERE’S A SKECHERS SOMEWHERE NEARBY. OK I’LL JUST GO TO THE SKETCHERS ON MY WORK BREAK. BUT IT ENDS UP BEING FARTHER AWAY THAN I EXPECT SO I’M WALKING THERE AND I RUN INTO HIM. AND SHIT I JUST WALKED PAST THE SKETCHERS. LET ME COME WITH YOU AND WE’LL FIGURE IT OUT 

IT’S JUST ALL TAKING A REALLY LONG TIME, I THINK I WAS OUT OF THE OFFICE FOR LIKE A GOOD HOUR. I DON’T EVEN REMEMBER GETTING SHOES BUT I GUESS HE AND I ENDED UP GOING BACK TO THE OFFICE 

WALKING AROUND A LOFT WAREHOUSE SPACE WE REALIZE THAT P IS NOW RUNNING HIS BUSINESS HERE SO WE GO OVER TO SEE WHAT HE’S BEEN UP TO. I SEE 6 OTHER EMPLOYEES THAT ARE 17 TO 18 MAYBE YOUNGER AND THEY’RE SITTING ON A COMPUTER AND PLAYING VIDEO GAMES AND SHOOTING THE SHIT 

I DON’T KNOW BUT I WAS JUST SO GLAD THAT I WASN’T WORKING THERE ANYMORE. SO A FEW DAYS GO BY AND WE GO OVER TO P TO SEE WHAT HE’S BEEN WORKING ON AND THERE’S SPACESHIP MODELS AND AN EAMES CHAIR MADE OUT OF NATURAL MATERIALS AND HE’S WORKING ON WHATEVER THE FUCK HE WANTS TO WORK ON 

AND THERE’S A TRIAL, I GUESS HE’S RUNNING WITH THIS TRIAL. IT’S A NEON, NOT NEON BUT PASTEL COLORED, KIND OF SILLY PUTTY, A LITTLE LOOSER, BUT SILLY PUTTY TEXTURE. AND A FEW DAYS OR WEEKS GO BY AND EVERY SO OFTEN WE KEEP CHECKING IN ON P AND THE GOO. AND ONE DAY WE’RE ALL WORKING IN THIS OFFICE SPACE AND P AND HIS EMPLOYEES START LAUNCHING THIS GOO ALL OVER THE SPACE

THERE’S A SHIT TON OF GOO BEING SPRAYED EVERYWHERE IN THE SPACE AND EACH OF THE COLORS HAVE DIFFERENT EFFECTS ON THINGS, SOME OF THEM MELT THINGS, OTHERS ETC. HE ENDS UP DESTROYING THE SPACE AND ASSERTING HIS DOMINANCE 

ONE OF THE TASKS TO DO TO WIN WAS TO GO TO THE TOP OF MANHATTAN, BUT OF COURSE IT DIDN’T LOOK LIKE MANHATTAN. THERE WAS A CASTLE UP THERE AND IT WAS ONLY A 15 MINUTE DRIVE FROM WHERE HE LIVED SO I PLANNED A PICNIC FOR US UP THERE AND SURPRISED HIM AT SUNSET
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THURSDAY MAY 23 1030P
FULL MOON. THE LEAVES AND BUILDINGS FRAME IT FROM WHERE I’M STANDING AND TELL ME I’M WHERE I NEED TO BE. I DON’T BLINK SO OFTEN AND RIGHT NOW I CAN’T I DON’T WANT THE IMAGE TO ESCAPE. WHEN EVERYTHING IS RIGHT IN PLACE.

I WALK HOME, I’M WALKING TOWARDS THE MOON. I’M WALKING TO THE MOON AND I DON’T THINK ABOUT HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE. I DON’T USUALLY FEEL MY BEST AT NIGHT BUT TONIGHT I DON’T WANT TO SLEEP.  I’LL SEEK THE MOON.
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MONDAY MAY 6 707P
THE MAN ON THE CORNER
KEEPS HIS JUNK IN THE YARD
THE RADIO PLAYING
A WIRE FENCE BETWEEN HIM AND THE SIDEWALK

THE MAN ON THE CORNER
TELLS ME HE’S A POET
HE TURNED 60 LAST WEEK, HE’S HAPPY
GOT STABBED IN THE STATION BENEATH US A FEW MONTHS BACK
I ASK HIM WHAT MAKES POETRY
“FROM HEAD TO HEART
HEART TO HEAD
AND ONTO PAPER”

THE MAN ON THE CORNER
POINTS TO THE CAT
SLEEPING ON THE OFFICE CHAIR
SAYS SHE’LL GO ACROSS THE STREET AND PLAY IN THE TULIPS
SAYS SHE’S A DOG


Mark