aqueous memory archive

A collaborative collection of memories with & in water contributed by artists, writers, musicians, educators, & activists

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Keegan McHargue

Siren, 2025

Here i am,

coming to you like a siren

crying from the future:

Plan your life…

Feel free to be infinite.

crawl onto the beach

with sea-vegetable attachments,

stump-like bollards

and the rush of endorphins

Or slip back

to a slick place

and grow some gills

and blow some bubbles

to pop up top

Keegan McHargue • he/him • New York, NY

Keegan McHargue is an artist whose work has shown in galleries and institutions for the past two decades. Although known primarily as a painter, poetry has been a consistent part of his practice, informing and inspiring his visual work.


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