Entries from Michael Erard - Archives tagged with 'Essay'

Chicken, The Morning News, Dec. 13, 2006

The first painting I ever paid money for I don’t actually own, though it’s hanging in my living room. Let me explain. A couple of years ago, a painting called “Chicken” caught my eye in a gallery in Sacramento. I’d...

The Seal, Texas Observer, August 12, 2002

Every group of people, every place, has it own economy of belonging, and in each new place, in order to show you’re not dangerous, you have to spend the local currency. Otherwise the locals may murder you, or refuse to...

I am Loving You, Texas Observer, March 16, 2001

If you are a 17-year-old boy and your sister who is 16 has a friend with long legs and big brown eyes, you’ll behave. Right? Damn. If you come home and they’re perched on the couch, you’ll be polite as...

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