It's not really about blankets
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Two years ago, I made the Worriers album Warm Blanket thinking about comfort as a critique of indie rock. Artists who choose safety and xanax-vibes over honesty, reaching for the warm middle of the room instead of ever saying something challenging.
But the blanket metaphor kept rolling and I’ve been drawing a ton of them.
It started as a continuation of that same thread, but it's become its own thing.
My visual art tends to already be about queer domesticity. Friends in their homes and the other things found there. I think of it in a very ordinary way, but also the way you build a space for yourself when a significant portion of the world constructed the idea of "home" without you in mind at all.
When I draw people at home, or their other weird items, or blankets, I'm trying to get at what it means to make softness for yourself when the world isn't particularly invested in your comfort. The sheer effort of it. None of that is politically neutral.
It’s not about being cozy or a cute vibe. It’s more like, “can I just have this one nice thing, please?”
I think about how a blanket will protect me from nothing other than cold, and we need protection from a lot more than that. But my home has lots of them. And maybe when I’m at home that’s all I’m hoping to think about. Not burying my head in the sand but just protecting some peace from the doom scroll. Creating a space for something different.
I’ve just updated my webstore with a bunch of new pieces available for sale. I’d love for them to find nice homes.
Any remaining pieces will be taken down on Saturday evening.
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