From a 1991 exhibition at fiction/nonfiction gallery in NYC, titled Triborough. The exhibition consisted of about 40 paintings of various sizes, all derived from a single article in the New York Times. The article covered a series of medical complaints among toll workers at the Triborough bridge, which connects Manhattan to Queens. It reached the surprising conclusion that the ailments resulted from group psychosis. I used the article in various ways in my paintings. I wanted to slow down the read and turn it into something that could be absorbed in many different ways. Among my favorite works from this show were these small text fragments. I think there were about 12 of them in all.