The Joanna Spitzner Foundation Blog

I like that I will only be entered to win a thermal insulated travel coffee mug. 
 
Dear Thomas Gokey:
        Thank you for your recent order at [company name].
        At [company name], our goal is to continuously improve our products and services.
        Please take a moment to complete the following survey (link [...]

Dear Dr. Gokey:
        I am glad to let you know that the following orders were shipped via FedEx today, and you should receive it tomorrow.  The tracking number is xxxxxxxxxxxx. The PO is CC. If you do not receive it within three days, please let me know.
               [...]

Since the Creative Class project is largely about economics, I would like to point out that my oxytocin order was just slightly less than a weeks worth of wages at $8.16/hour (assuming 12 hours work/week, which is what we have agreed on [even though I didn't work very much last week {but I DID work more [...]

Below is my order confirmation for my crystalline oxytocin. I’ve changed some of the information to protect my privacy, as well as to occult the supply company info so that home experimenters are not supplied with a “how to overdose on oxytocin” manual. All of the changes are in bold italics.
The neurochemist who is writing a book [...]

Notes taken from Dr. William H. Frey II and Muriel Langseth Crying: The Mystery of Tears (Minneapolis: Winston Press, 1985).

“I suggest that like the excretory processes of exhaling, urinating, perspiring, and defecating, emotional tearing may play a vital role in maintaining homeostasis by removing waste and harmful substances. All excretory functions expel omething from the body [...]

The project that I propose for The Creative Class is currently called Tears of Love. It is a performance with documentation and objects. It is based on the idea of catharsis. In ancient Greece a human Katharma would be paraded around the city soaking up all the toxins and impurities of the community. The Katharma would then be murdered expiating [...]

Joanna Spitzner, Director
The Joanna Spitzner Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 6486
Syracuse, NY 13217-6486
 
Dear Ms. Spitzner,
I am writing in application for the advertised position of “Artist” as a part of the project “The Creative Class.” I believe that I am well suited for this position as I come from a long line of artists. My great-grandfather Peter Gokey, as well as [...]