Tim Barrus Blog

  1. Tim Barrus: SPED

    No. This is who you are and you know it, Sugarbutt.

  2. Tim Barrus: Spring Break

    I am told – that cannot be done – oh, Sugarbutt. It can be done. Ride shotgun. I’ll take you to France. I drive really fast. I never go over a hundred. You can fuck me but I would not recommend it. Also, I’m just dull. But I do shoot…

  3. Tim Barrus: Someone Cut His Arm Off

    You better find that arm, boy.

  4. Tim Barrus: What Is Identity

    I know people who think that identity is something you decide around the age of nine. Grow up. And keep asking.

  5. Tim Barrus: Self-portrait or Selfie

    It’s selfish. I interact with people to learn from their second selves. The part of them that just is.

  6. Tim Barrus, New York Times

    When the New York Times talks politics, it will often refer to the Constitution of the United States, a constitution that no has ever read. The New York Times seems so out of touch. No one here in Appalachia has ever seen a constitution. I thought Mr. Constitution knew who…

  7. Tim Barrus: The skateboard is only symbolic of a trillion things.

    You never know if there will be an audience for anything. You just have to simply do it. Make it. Create from scratch. Or go home. – tim barrus

  8. Tim Barrus, New York Times

    I do not like taking on educational issues. It’s too big. It’s cumbersome. I have seen it up close all over the country. From blind kids in NYC to deaf kids in San Francisco. To boys with HIV who had learned that education is a hustle, too. Teaching kids to…

  9. Tim Barrus, New York Times

    I have done a lot of things with my life. Most of it has been a huge waste of time. I carry around a zillion regrets. But being a part of the very complex process of facilitating deaf four-year-olds with how to read and write, was the best thing I…

  10. Tim Barrus: Old bone skulls hung from crosses all around the garden. Juju.

    I started the garden this summer a little early. My hope is to harvest before the September heat destroys everything. I have learned how to can fish using a pressure cooker. The day will arrive when we will begin to run out of tricks. It will be too hot to…