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"…the female narcissist is dangerous to patriarchy because she obviates the desiring male subject (loving herself, she needs no confirmation of her desirability from him). in the case of an artistic practice that performs female narcissism (such as wilke’s), the threat lies in its making superfluous the arbiters of artistic value. already presuming her desirability, wilke obviates the modernist critical system; loving herself, she needs no confirmation of her artistic “value."

— amelia jones, body art: performing the subject (via karaj)

Reblogged from a l'allure garconniere.

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"Everything scares me about making work. The chance of failure is much higher than the chance of success. I was often asked with the early work, “Were you afraid to go to their homes?” or “WEre you afraid you were going to get injured?” My response is always that I’m more afraid that I won’t get to make the work I want to make. Odds are against making anything that really matters… Your fear of failure has to be higher than your fear of dying."

— Laurel Nakadate in the new Bad Day mag. This is why I always tell people that my biggest fear is not living, and when they think I mean dying, I don’t want to be friends with them.