Alex Dobrenko

The peak of my influence was also the peak of my misery. Famous people say that a lot. I wasn’t famous, I just posted drawings of baby animals. I posted captions like, Which is your favorite? 1-10. I posed with pen packs and got paid for it. I spent all day with my phone, partly out of professional duty—I needed not only validation, but income—and... See more

Financial analysts look to the industry as a market indicator. As Ryan Dezember of The Wall Street Journal reports, rising cardboard prices mean “production is up and consumers are spending.” 17

There will be dust. There is always dust. By that I mean there is always time, and materiality, and decay. Decomposition and damage are inescapable. There is always the body, with its smears and secretions and messy flaking bits off. There is always waste and it always has to be dealt with, and shipping it out of sight overseas to the developing... See more