Things That Can Be Stitched Together

I extend my arms

Author

Tristan Willis
April 22, 2022

A self-portrait by Claude Cahun. Their arm is stuck through a hole in a person sized rock so they look like they're a rock with arms, extending their arms forward as if to hug somone.
Tristan wears a comforter over their head, so they look a similar shape to Claude's rock. They extend their arms out in a similar position to Claude's.

Things That Can Be Stitched Together

  • two separate pieces of fabric - a seam

  • a piece of fabric to itself - a dart, a hem

  • a hymn - voices in harmony

  • a video

    • accusations and responses

    • someone slides from their kitchen into someone else’s bedroom

    • breakdown of a breakdown

  • portmanteaus

  • arms in embrace

  • arms closed

  • fingers (one person’s)

  • fingers (two people’s)

  • families

  • lives

  • all manner of skin or people-bits, by someone trained ideally

    • occasionally by others when the need is great and someone trained is not available

  • memories (one person’s)

  • memories (multiple people’s)

A photo of Claude with their arms through the rock, exposed over them in a similar position facing the opposite way. The rocks are reaching to each other. Another photo of Tristan in the comforter in the same pose, exposed of them facing themself. The comforters reach toward each other.