moneymo

my favorite story from the @creepz afterparty happened before I even got inside. I was standing in line in front of a couple who looked to be in their 70s, both born and raised in Marfa. I asked how they’d heard about the event and what brought them out. “are you kidding? we haven’t been inside the Palace since we were in high school in the ’70s!” we got to chatting. they told me things had quieted down in Marfa after the pandemic, and that they love @artblocks_io week because it’s one of the weeks when the town comes alive. when we walked in, the gentleman stopped in the middle of the Palace and just took it all in. then he pulled out his phone and started documenting. a little later, I watched him make his way toward the back, where he spent some time looking at @lphaCentauriKid’s Bösendorfer. what @AdamWeitsman has done for artists and projects in this space has been monumental, that goes unsaid. but on that night, I got to see another side of what that support makes possible. two people walking back into a place from their youth and finding something new happening there. I don't know exactly how they felt about watching a bunch of reptilian cartoons up on the walls as psychedelic cumbia blasted over the loudspeakers, but my impression is that they were happy to see the Palace once again filled with people just having a good old time.