Musings – Edward Ficklin

Thicc of Heart

How did we come to a place where physique is the realm of toxic masculinity?

The most important part of the book is—

I would never be offended to hear “I bought your book for the cover.”

Physical Resonances

Watching that intensity creates a resonance of the physical efforts required to create such a physique.

Thoughts on queer representation

Just like process over product, think creator over creation.

Life outside the studio may be on hold, but the art-making continues. I’m grateful for the manifold privileges of health, safety, and security that allow this. The last year held challenges for all of us, but it would be the height of ignorance and arrogance for me to complain without at least some acknowledgement ofContinue reading “Returnings of the year”

When the art is the wall

We like to think that walls are solid, permanent, that they endure beyond us. Some do, and some don’t. We feel much the same about our art. Same here: some does and some doesn’t. When a work of art is deeply integrated into its space, when it is the space—a mural for example—then its fateContinue reading “When the art is the wall”