Genesis P-Orridge

A revealing memoir from a pioneering industrial musician and visual artist who inspired generations of outsiders, rebels, and risk-takers In a memoir spanning decades of artistic risk-taking, Genesis P-Orridge, the inventor of "industrial music," founder of Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, and world-renowned ﬁne artist takes us on a journey through creativity and destruction, pleasure and pain. Genesis's unwillingness to be stuck--in one place, in one genre, or in one gender--will be an inspiration to the newest generation of trailblazers and nonconformists. It's for an audience that cannot and will not be ignored. Nonbinary has far-reaching potential because of Genesis's remarkable body of work. It is full of great stories about Genesis's experiences with icons like William S. Burroughs and Ian Curtis.

A Memoir

Nonbinary

It's extremely rare for me to be so emotionally impacted by a book. I put off the last half hour of the book because I knew it would make me unbearably emotional and I was right. I was emotional for two major reasons. The first is that l've never been so immediately drawn to and seen by a person l've never met and never will get the opportunity to meet. It felt like a kick in the teeth, a push off a cliff and a big hug all in one. It was what I've needed to hear for so long and something l should return to to remind myself of who I am and what I want to be. As Gen says at the end of the book, is has been done before and it can be done again. From COUM to TG to TOPY and Psychic TV, each and everything they did creatively and personally (will their EQUALLY as important co-creators Cosey, Chris, Sleazy, all their COUM and Psychic collaborators etc) was fascinating, inspiring and motivating. I felt seen and loved by a person who could never know me.

The second reason is, I know that Cosey has come forward with allegations of abuse against Gen. I do not know the extent and fully intend on reading her book next, but as I also dearly appreciate and love her work as well as the collaborators of TG etc, I am nervous that I will lose that tether I so quickly and intensely formed with Gen through their book and their art. I have never before struggled with such a task as no one has ever been such an inspiration to me on such a fundamental level and as I am equally devoted to Cosey and the other members I do not know how I will hold all of this simultaneously. I will regardless keep the ideas and comfort of being uncomfortable with me forever and that is something I will forever be grateful for.

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It's extremely rare for me to be so emotionally impacted by a book. I put off the last half hour of the book because I knew it would make me unbearably emotional and I was right. I was emotional for two major reasons. The first is that l've never been so immediately drawn to and seen by a person l've never met and never will get the opportunity to meet. It felt like a kick in the teeth, a push off a cliff and a big hug all in one. It was what I've needed to hear for so long and something l should return to to remind myself of who I am and what I want to be. As Gen says at the end of the book, is has been done before and it can be done again. From COUM to TG to TOPY and Psychic TV, each and everything they did creatively and personally (will their EQUALLY as important co-creators Cosey, Chris, Sleazy, all their COUM and Psychic collaborators etc) was fascinating, inspiring and motivating. I felt seen and loved by a person who could never know me.

The second reason is, I know that Cosey has come forward with allegations of abuse against Gen. I do not know the extent and fully intend on reading her book next, but as I also dearly appreciate and love her work as well as the collaborators of TG etc, I am nervous that I will lose that tether I so quickly and intensely formed with Gen through their book and their art. I have never before struggled with such a task as no one has ever been such an inspiration to me on such a fundamental level and as I am equally devoted to Cosey and the other members I do not know how I will hold all of this simultaneously. I will regardless keep the ideas and comfort of being uncomfortable with me forever and that is something I will forever be grateful for.

Nonbinary A Memoir

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