John, Long Gone

What's next for you professionally? Will you continue Sympathy?

Yeah but that's really slowed down anyway, 'cause things are so bad. It's horrible. It sucks. I have in my mind that I'm going to slowly start selling some stuff on eBay. That may become my life—selling the extra stuff I have. I have so much stuff in flat-files. It's just, what's the point? I'm never going to be able to display it.

Are you coming to your opening?

I may. I don't really like very much to be the center of attention. It's not very exciting for me because I live with this shit every day. It's taken me 11 years for me to create this environment in my house.

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