HeyJaredGregory Meander
Notes from the stage: stand up comedy, storytelling, and clowning around New York City.
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Field Notes (opens the original)
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As I age and read and do, I think our lives are made up more and more of grief than we may give it credit for. As the leaves begin to fall off my favorite trees along the Hudson, I have been thinking about receiving fall differently this year. I typically resist it. I am a summer boy, after all. How might we make space for this grief as life long companion? And where can humor break through as a tool of grief? How might I hold the fact that I am a clown and completely absurd and still take this
The Ghosts in Peter Hujar’s “Contact Sheets” (opens the original)
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On the afternoon I saw Peter Hujar: Contact at the Morgan Library (through October 25, 2026) , a man I’d known decades ago in San Francisco dismissed me in the hallway. It was a brief interaction. Embarrassingly small, considering how much it hurt me. We hadn’t seen each other in nearly a decade. He couldn’t have cared less. But, when I thought of it, he had always treated me that way. And maybe he treats everyone that way. I carried that cold feeling into the gallery with me. For some reason, I
What Happened Live in August? (opens the original)
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This month, I dedicated myself to seeing only free art. If I could get a free ticket to a performance, I could attend. I applied the same rule to visual art.It turned out to be a great constraint. I still saw two live performances, visited several exhibitions, and happened upon public art I might otherwise have missed.New Yorkers love to say, “Tickets are just too expensive.” Sometimes that is true particularly if you are visiting the city or working within a specific schedule. Broadway can be e
Field Notes (opens the original)
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What I am Reading Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth, and Art by Lewis Hyde The Land and Its People by David Sedaris The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan HolidayWhat I am listening to The Grass is Blue by Dolly Parton Led ZepplinHandsome podcast Working It Out by Mike Birbiglia What I am painting <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" hre
Caravaggio | A Pilgrimage (opens the original)
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Throughout my life, I have found myself being called by objects. Art has said hello to me since I was four. Other times, it is nature. Have you ever heard a piece of art speak to you? The first painting to speak to me through a book was Caravaggio’s Incredulity of St Thomas. To be honest, for years I did not understand what incredulity means. The title changes depending on what language is translating. It means disbelief. The painting depicts Jesus post Resurrection, the time he comes back from
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