How do the bodies we inhabit have an effect on our relationship with art? How does artwork have an effect on our relationship to our bodies? T Fleischmann uses Felix Gonzáles-Torres’s artwork-piles of candy, stacks of paper, puzzles-as a path through questions of like and loss, assault and rejuvenation, gender and sexuality. From the back porches of Buffalo towards the galleries of NY and L.A. as well as the farmhouses of rural Tennessee, artwork works as still points, sites for reflection situated in resided encounter. Fleischmann combines critical engagement with ambiance and clearness of prose, reveling in the encounters and pleasures of artwork and the body, identity, and community.