Jill and
Jill and
smart subconscious
You will never be as smart as your subconscious.
marriage party mean
I think that marriage vows should include an escape clause that says the contract is broken if one party ups and makes a big switch in religion or politics or aesthetic taste. I mean, these shifts just aren't fair, and we need an easier way out.
secret asking asks
If you tell someone a secret, and ask them to keep it secret, you are asking them to display a discretion you are unable to display yourself.
want imagine settling
Imagine settling for a life you can have because you don't have the courage to go after the life you really want.
real writing hard-times
When I write, I lose time. I'm happy in a way that I have a hard time finding in real life. The intimacy between my brain and my fingers and my computer... Yet knowing that that intimacy will find an audience... It's very satisfying. It's like having the safety of being alone with the ego reward of being known.
hate just-being paranoid
Someone will say to me, Oh that's so Jewish to interrupt. I say to myself, okay, is that code for you hate Jews? Or am I just being paranoid?
jewish-identity attributes certain
There are times when folks will point out certain characteristics I have, like me being an interruptor, and attribute them to my Jewish identity.
recognizing vulnerability
By recognizing your own vulnerability you can recognize and identify with the vulnerability in others.
kids holocaust stories
I'm glad that Jewish kids are taught about the Holocaust and other stories in our history, but I wonder if there are ways that this information and narrative can be transmitted differently.
hate talking taught
I was talking to my friend who's Israeli and she said that from the moment you're born, you're taught to hate the Palestinians. That's it. That's your life. That's what you learn from day one.
struggle native-american thinking
It's interesting to think about the history of Israel in relation to the history of the U.S.. There were Native Americans living here that U.S. settlers totally displaced, and that narrative is not connected with the Isreal-Palestinian struggle at all.
tattoo eight hands
I did a piece where I was talking about torture at Abu Ghraib, and I embroidered my hand with the image of the hooded Abu Ghraib prisoners who'd been tortured using a needle and thread. I know that meeting a Holocaust survivor when I was eight and seeing the tattoo on her arm from her time in the camps influenced my piece about Abu Ghraib.
kids thinking ideas
I think kids in general are much more capable of understanding the idea of being transgender than adults.
jobs thinking artist
I had seen "Force Majeure" and I just love that movie so much. And I really wanted to artistically give a little hello to the filmmakers, and that kind of back and forth dialogue between artists that say, "I loved your movie. I was influenced by your movie. If I didn't have this job, I wouldn't be thinking of that. Do my TV show and then one day I'll make a movie where I can play with some of the visual themes in "Force Majeure."