on responsibility
Responsible-- yes, she is most assuredly responsible. The fact that it is her story implies nothing less; without her action this film would not have come into discussion. Without the doings of Kimberly Pierce, Boys Don’t Cry, and the illusions it made would have remained another hateful news story. This film, however, is art. It leaves an imprint, and stirs up the mix a bit.
To react I wrote a poem. The words are not my own, But the story they tell is, it’s my art.
‘never a truestory anyway’
-for mark nowak
involvement in artforms.
changes the shape of perception,
working from true stories,
you just know it.
is this how you would have said it?
feeling on fire and uncomfortable
in their own skin.
each time layering down another layer.
without actually knowing the route
you are going to take,
subliminal-- what the
story::: on a literal level.
When the credits roll Kimberly Pierce is the creator here. Where she received her inspiration is very relevant, and worth investigation, but in the end her name’s on the box-- it’s her art. She will do with it what she will, without responsibility to anyone under its base.