2. A Walnut for SAMO with Givens Parr

Givens Parr (“Yolk” and cover paintings, Issue One) and John journey to Basquiat’s grave in Green-Wood Cemetery during a rainstorm and discuss cosmic symbols, image versus text, making art for one person instead of the algorithm, playful approaches to southern identity, the modernist writer Lu Xun, and the intuition to leave: from the nihilistic Taipei art scene to the harried Calvinism of Ivy dramaturgy.