Worst Thing I Ever Did In My Life Was Try To Play It Cool To Protect Myself Because All That Ever Did

Worst thing I ever did in my life was try to play it cool to protect myself because all that ever did was attract people who also had their walls up or who were interested in people they wouldn't have to actually take care of

Zhongwen Yu (Chinese,b.1984)

Fluttering in white, 2019

Oil on canvas

"I should kill myself": self-serving, reactionary

"we should all kill ourselves": building community and connection, ideologically correct

nervous breakthrough

I like when my dreams reuse locations from past dreams. like oh cool we doin a bottle episode