I moved to New York in the 1970s and started writing when I was at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.

I'd paint long strips of canvas and abandon them on the beach, or put bread out in geometric patterns for the pigeons downtown. I wanted people to find something nice and intriguing to puzzle over. Then I'd go back to see if the things were still there, or if anyone would notice.

The epiphany for me was that I wasn't a writer, and I had to do something with these texts. I put them in the streets as posters.

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