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Counter Arts

No Maggot Lonely: Thoughts from a Life in Art

A short essay on how and why

10 min readJun 25, 2021

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No Maggot Lonely: Thoughts from a Life in Art

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Frank Rodick
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Counter Arts

Blood Money and Reveries

Walking through a parade for the blind

26 min readMay 31, 2021

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Blood Money and Reveries

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Frank Rodick
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P.S. I Love You

Stories of Love and Betrayal: On Making My Mother’s Portrait

When the young woman at the Mount Royal Crematorium handed me her remains, she said, “That’s the lightest box of ashes I’ve ever seen.”

30 min readSep 19, 2019

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Stories of Love and Betrayal: On Making My Mother’s Portrait

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Frank Rodick

Notes on Making My Father’s Portrait

I watched him die, but it took me ten years to realize I needed to make pictures of the loneliest man I ever knew.

13 min readMar 29, 2019

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Notes on Making My Father’s Portrait

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THE SMART VIEW

A Letter to My Younger Self on Life, Art, and What Really Matters

Becoming an artist meant learning to create for myself, not anyone else

12 min readDec 29, 2018

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A Letter to My Younger Self on Life, Art, and What Really Matters

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What To Do When You’re an Artist and You Feel Like Sh*t

On self-esteem and getting to work

8 min readSep 25, 2018

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What To Do When You’re an Artist and You Feel Like Sh*t

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Frank Rodick

The Long Season of Untitled Selves

In which the artist discusses falling apart, what he found in old shoeboxes, and the problem of representing the unknowable.

5 min readMay 26, 2018

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The Long Season of Untitled Selves

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Frank Rodick

Frank Rodick

Photo-based artist whose work is exhibited and collected internationally. He writes about art and creativity, fog and mirrors. See frankrodick.com.

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