"I Won't Extinguish Myself to Make You Love Me," unstretched canvas, 3 walkmen (persons), underpants and bra, 122 x 36 in., 1995 I won't extinguish myself to make you approve me love me love yourself I can't airbrush your soul I can't turn down the volume of your pain I can't turn down the volume of my pain Excessive ways compensate for spiritual atrophy Don't extinguish yourself Don't extinguish me My 'Walkperson' is my first line of defense I tune in to tune out I feel like I have to make myself into a machine to survive no one escapes suffering - Excerpts from text written on the canvas