Cyrus

Paper collage composed mostly of ripped abstract shapes. Hands and a candle are visible. Text reads “He didn’t have an answer.”

Grief Poem No. 1

Hand cut paper collage in grays yellows and pinks. An nypd truck and officer are visible along with the silhouette of a man in a headlock. Text reads “or pretended not to notice”

Hand cut paper collage in grays, greens, and blues. There are two bold black rectangles at a right angle in the lower right corner. A man’s face is partially visible in the background. Text reads “a pistol in hand, the barrel mushroomed and split”

There is nothing trans people can do that will not encourage reactionary politics. They don’t want us to exist, and ceding ground on the (literally just factually accurate) “birthing person” language isn’t going to do anything but push us further into the margins even among our alleged allies.

Very early on my therapist asked me “are there any hills you _aren’t_ willing to die on?” and I think about that several times a week

Hand cut paper collage in primarily grays greens and blues. A central shape evokes Mary. Text reads “Everything kind of dries up, I guess.”

Hand cut collage of yellowed paperback pages with white and gold abstract shapes woven through. Legible text on far right side reads: _How can your father kill_ / old hymnals in the corner / _whydja want to burn up a church?_ / empty except for himself / getting flaky for a long time before that night / quick, effortless confidence. / _whydja wanna burn up a church?_ / maybe it was too late for him to anyone / Then a slow / smile came to his face and he had upended the gascan / dropping his sandwich into the dust, / the strange sickness came

Hand cut paper collage in mostly greens and grays. A ripped up photo booth strip featuring a black man and a white man laughing is prominent. Text reads “Who is your best friend?”

Paper collage in primarily grats and greens. A partial male profile and windblown hair are visible. Text reads “Any Creature is to Be Subject to the Creator”

Conversation with Olivia No. 1

And with absolutely no help from me, noted impulse haircut enabler, lmfao

Not anywhere near a replacement for pbs (or natgeo documentaries on broadcast tv), but this is part of why I started donating to Wikipedia

Abstract paper collage comprised mostly of thin strips of overlapping paper. A handgun is visible on the left side. Text reads “What do you do?”

Brightly colored, heavily overlapping abstract paper collage. The text “art of the design” is visible in the left hand background” and the text “What were burials like?” is centered

Paper collage in black & white and shades of brown with many partial faces. Text reads “You’ve said that since childhood you’ve been death-obsessed.”

Paper collage with brightly colored swoop shapes. Text reads “1977-1979”

Paper collage with partially obstructed handwritten text in background. “Arthur Rimbaud moved to then [] after retiring from poetry (age 20, after changing the whole [] being shot by Verlaine). He had a house in [] city of Harar, which has a long and complex relationship [] hyenas, who are allowed inside the walls of the [] considered guardians against evil spirits. They often [] protected, sacred forests surrounding Ethiopian [] They also eat animal waste and help [] don’t know if Rimbaud ever interacted [] of the city but he was possibly [] exporter. He died young too, of [] Haile Selassie’s father while living in [] messianic and hugely influential figure [] Walter Rodney, who was assassinated [] of the same president of Guyana [] 3 years earlier, leased a tract of [] Temple Agricultural Project

“I could not talk to you about your death so I talked about this instead”

Paper collage, text reads “a stupid stick-and-poke tattoos”

You’ve been in my phone with 👽🔮💀 for at least a decade lmao

Paper collage. Background features a very dark scene with a burnt out car. A blonde white woman facing away and tying up her hair is visible through a shredded image of a dark haired man in a bullet proof vest. Text reads “Where Should I Live?”

Paper collage featuring overlapping silhouettes with greyscale city street in foreground. Police truck, mushrooms, and a purple sky visible within outlines. Text reads “The Illusion of Geopolitics”

Paper collage in mostly shades of gray with teal accents. Overlapping silhouettes with a cratered moon surface in the background. Police, hands, and a city street are prominent motifs

Paper collage. There is a room with snow and a door ajar in the background. In the foreground are overlapping silhouettes in profile and mismatched legs. Text reads “should we be tough on crime and the causes of crime?”

Hand cut collage composed primarily of black and white photographs with a rabbit, police, and chain link fence prominent. Text reads “which of the following terms do you find offensive?”

Perhaps not the kind of rendering you’re looking for, but my work is here! www.cyrusfinegan.com