AA BRONSON: “I’M AS FEARLESS AS I EVER WAS”
Mr. Bronson, is your identity as an artist separate from your identity as a person?
Mr. Bronson, is your identity as an artist separate from your identity as a person?
“We were entertaining ourselves right from the beginning. So we always had a good time.”
What else do you remember about those early days?
No, I don’t have any sense of separation. There’s not really a word for it, but it’s just who I am I just became the work! You know, my real name is Michael Tims but nobody’s called me that for a very long time, except for the visa people here in Berlin! The main problem these days is that I’m divided: it’s difficult separating my solo work a
If I am writing a scene that is full of pain, I can get myself there pretty quickly! But I am happy when I am done doing that. When I was younger I used to think, “I come from a white, upper middle class, suburban background — I come from a completely functional family. This is a terrible recipe for good writing.” First of all, I was wrong about coming from a normal family until I understood what other families were. Mostly what I was wrong about was that you don’t have to have the kind of pain that Eugene O’Neill had in order to be able to write.
Mr. Bronson, is your identity as an artist separate from your identity as a person?
No, I don’t have any sense of separation. There’s not really a word for it, but it’s just who I am I just became the work! You know, my real name is Michael Tims but nobody’s called me that for a very long time, except for the visa people here in Berlin! The main problem these days is that I’m divided: it’s difficult separating my solo work a
What else do you remember about those early days?
No, I don’t have any sense of separation. There’s not really a word for it, but it’s just who I am I just became the work! You know, my real name is Michael Tims but nobody’s called me that for a very long time, except for the visa people here in Berlin! The main problem these days is that I’m divided: it’s difficult separating my solo work a
Mr. Bronson, is your identity as an artist separate from your identity as a person?
No, I don’t have any sense of separation. There’s not really a word for it, but it’s just who I am I just became the work! You know, my real name is Michael Tims but nobody’s called me that for a very long time, except for the visa people here in Berlin! The main problem these days is that I’m divided: it’s difficult separating my solo work a
“We were entertaining ourselves right from the beginning. So we always had a good time.”
What else do you remember about those early days?
No, I don’t have any sense of separation. There’s not really a word for it, but it’s just who I am I just became the work! You know, my real name is Michael Tims but nobody’s called me that for a very long time, except for the visa people here in Berlin! The main problem these days is that I’m divided: it’s difficult separating my solo work a
Mr. Bronson, is your identity as an artist separate from your identity as a person?
No, I don’t have any sense of separation. There’s not really a word for it, but it’s just who I am I just became the work! You know, my real name is Michael Tims but nobody’s called me that for a very long time, except for the visa people here in Berlin! The main problem these days is that I’m divided: it’s difficult separating my solo work a
What else do you remember about those early days?
No, I don’t have any sense of separation. There’s not really a word for it, but it’s just who I am I just became the work! You know, my real name is Michael Tims but nobody’s called me that for a very long time, except for the visa people here in Berlin! The main problem these days is that I’m divided: it’s difficult separating my solo work a
Mr. Bronson, is your identity as an artist separate from your identity as a person?
No, I don’t have any sense of separation. There’s not really a word for it, but it’s just who I am I just became the work! You know, my real name is Michael Tims but nobody’s called me that for a very long time, except for the visa people here in Berlin! The main problem these days is that I’m divided: it’s difficult separating my solo work a
Short Profile
Name: Michael Tims
DOB: 1946
Place of birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation: Artist
