An autobiography with no important questions

The Domestic Biographer

A life is not only made of milestones. It is also made of breakfast, bedside clutter, beloved obsolete things, and the exact object you researched far too intensely.

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Cut-paper illustration of a cozy room filled with books, a desk, guitar, toy car, rosary and a curious cat — Illustration assembled from ordinary clues. Each object has been entered into evidence.

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Pick one answer in each chapter. There are no aspirational answers here: choose the thing most likely to be found in the wild, on a perfectly ordinary Tuesday.

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The Keeper of Useful Things

Inspired by Jon's “The Way We Live Now: Domains: Jonathan Aquino”, a 2008 self-interview in which eggs, SmartGloves, a flaky PDA, calligraphy, books, a neighbour's cat, and a suspiciously well-researched stapler reveal more than any grand biography could.

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