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Title:This Unremarkable Life” 

Year: (Current WIP) 2022-2024

Medium: Video / Sound

Duration: TBD 

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"Unremarkable Life" Transcript

DO YOU READILY ADMIT THAT YOU HAVE WAY TOO MANY IMAGES.

 THAT YOU,

ARE DROWNING

THAT YOU ARE UNMANAGEABLE .

THAT YOU ARE A REPRESENTATION OF SOMETHING UNMANAGEABLE 

THAT IS NOT HERE

EXTERNAL 

AND 

THIS IS GOING TO MAKE EXCELLENT TELEVISION.

 IT’S BECOMING INCREASINGLY CLEAR TO ME

THAT YOU CAN’T CARE FOR THESE IMAGES 

OR TEND TO THEIR NEEDS BECAUSE THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY OF THEM…  >>  

DO YOU LITERALLY SEE THESE IMAGES AS YOUR CHILDREN. 

CHILDREN. >> 

BECAUSE NO ONE SEES YOU AS THEIR MOTHER

YOU KNOW THESE IMAGES,

HAVE GOT

TO

GO

[ CRYING ]

 

>> THERE IS JUST MEDIA EVERYWHERE. >> 

I MEAN I UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF POLYTHEISM BUT

 OH, GOD,

 SOME OF THEM ARE IN ROUGH SHAPE -

 INTESTINES ARE HANGING OUT - 

AND IT'S BECOMING MORE AND MORE CLEAR THAT 

MANY OF THESE IMAGES BELIEVE 

THAT SELF RESPECT CAN EXIST 

WITHOUT SHAME. 

AND THAT’S 

JUST

 NOT TRUE. 
 

IT’S TIME TO POST

IT’S TIME TO SHARE

IT'S TIME TO GET ONE STAGE

AND NOT HIT A SINGLE NOTE

OR TUG AT SYMPATHY  

MY NAME IS JAKE BRUSH

I’M AND ARTIST FROM LONG ISLAND -

 WHICH MEANS I’M ALSO A CLINICAL PHYSIATRIST

 WHO SPECIALIZES IN OBSESSIVE  COMPULSIVE DISORDER AND HOARDING.  

THERE ARE IMAGES THAT LIVE HERE.

THAT HAVE MANIPULATED, MULTIPLIED AND OVER RUN THE PROPERTY..

OF YOUR FACE

NOSE LIFT

CHAINSAW TO THE CHIN

THEIR USING THEIR OWN HOMES AS LITTER BOXES 

DIGGING INTO THE PORES OF HIS FACE

ESCAPING INTO A MATTRESSES

WITH TWO DOZEN ANONYMOUS STRANGERS 

BUT IT’S OK BECAUSE IT’S LIBERATING.

MARIAH CARREY 

AND LIKE GETTING FUCKED IN THE ASS.

I’M GOING TO HELL FOR SAYING

ANYTHING BUT

FUCKING A BUS OF MEN IS TOTALLY SAFE.

RESPECTABLE, RIGHT?

RUNNING UP  TO THE CEILING

TO SUCK OFF SOME IMAGE NAMED

NAMED AI GENERATED ARTIST

WHOSE MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL 

THAN ME

F SLUR

F SLUR

F SLUR

TALKING ABOUT THIS MAKES ME WANT TO EAT

THIS IS REVOLUTIONARY! 

THIS CLUTTER OF STUFF THAT I’M SEEING

IT’S MOVING

THEY ARE CHEWING THROUGH THE WIRING IN THE WALLS

AND THE HOME HAS COMPLETELY DEPLETED IN VALUE. 

 

TOP TEN TIMES BERNIE MADOLF 

SLAYED SUMMER SANDALS 

THAT’S HOW I FEEL 

WHEN I SEE CELEBRITY 

OR CRACKHEADS

SEEING CELEBRITY 

IN THEMSELVES.

GET A JOB

THIS IS MY JOB. 
 

I'M NOT GOING  TO CLIMB THROUGH THE WINDOW.

YOU CAN’T TOUCH OR SEE

YOU CAN’T FEEL THE FUMES OF WASTE 

GARBAGE IMAGES

THEY’RE ALL LOOKING BACK AT ME WITH THESE BEADY LITTLE EYES.

FOLLOWING EYES

THEY HATE ME, 

SIGH (CAMERA2)

LIFES A MOVIE AND IT SUCKS

AND I UNDERSTAND WHY, BUT I WISH I DIDN’T.

I WISH THE IMAGE SUCCESSFULLY CAUSED BRAIN DAMAGE. 

BUT INSTEAD MY HAIR RECEDING 

DRY 

AND 

SPLITTING,

I CARE SO LITTLE

 ABOUT GENDER

THAT I CONSIDERED TRANSITIONING 

AS A SOLUTION FOR MALE PATTERN BALDNESS

 FROM BREATHING IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, 

THAT IS UNDENIABLY TOXIC 

AND FILLED WITH GOOD THINGS.

 

BREAK
 

I’M AN ARTIST FROM LONG ISLAND -

THIS WAS A HARD DAY FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED 

ME YOU

IF I CLOSE MY EYES

I CAN HEAR GLEN SHOUTING FROM HIS FILTH INFESTED HOME

INHALE

I CAN’T DO THIS

I’M TOTALLY DONE

OPENS EYES

AND THANK GOD FOR THAT

BECAUSE I KNEW IN THAT MOMENT OF ABSOLUTE DESPERATION 

WE HAD A REAL SHOW.

 

HE’S STRUGGLING

DROWNING IN THIS BIZARRE WAY 

 

THE SHEER POVERTY

EMBARRASSMENT 

TURMOIL

SHOULD HE JUST BLOW HIS BRAINS OUT?

SHOULD I?

SHOULD YOU? 

IT’S AMERICAN. 

IT FEELS REAL BUT MAYBE IT ISN’T

I FEEL REALLY TO ME IN THIS MOMENT 

BUT I’M NOT

AT LEAST NOT TO YOU

I’M A VIDEO

I’M COLOR CORRECTED

EDITED

TO MULTIPLE AND MANIPULATE

YOU 

AT THIS MOMENT

I AM NOT BRAIN DEAD

BUT I AM HOPING THAT YOU ARE

GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER 

TO BEING BRAIN DEAD. 

MY NAME IS JAKE BRUSH

AND I’M AN ARTIST FROM LONG ISLAND

WHICH MEANS THAT I AM ALSO

A LICENSED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST 

WHO SPECIALIZES IN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER 

AND HOARDING.

SOME PEOPLE GET REALLY   ATTACHED 

LONG PAUSE

 

TO IMAGES.
LIKE A HOARD OF PET RATS

SCURRYING AROUND THE FLOOR

WHILE YOU’RE TRYING TO MEAL PREP FOR THE WEEK

CUCKED BY JOINING THE WORKFORCE

WHEN WE DOCUMENT LIFE WE ARE LESS INTELLIGENT 

MORE DEPENDANT CREATURES

 MORE MANIPULATIVE CREATURES 

COULD YOU IMAGEN BEING SO FUCKING UP THAT YOU HAVE

A HOARD OF PET RATS

OVER A THOUSAND 

AND ABSOLUTELY NO MONEY. 

SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT SHOW

LET'S GET THE CAMERA CREW IN THERE

SET UP CRAFTY 

SOMEWHERE ELSE

THE RAT INFESTED TRAILER ISN’T OSCA APPROVED

BUT FOR THE DURATION OF SHOW

AND OUR SHORT AND LIMITED LIVES

WE ENJOY FEELING LIKE GOOD PEOPLE

COOLER PEOPLE EVEN

RICHER PEOPLE EVEN.

BREAK. 

I MET A DRAG QUEEN ONE TIME

WHAT A CUNT

SHE SAID I WANT A CAT WITH ONE EYE

AND THEN SETTLED FOR A CAT WITH THREE LEGS

SOUNDS HARMLESS

BUT SHE DIDN’T SAY I WANT A CAT 

SHE SAID I WANT A CAT THAT’S REALLY FUCKED UP

BECAUSE THE CATS DISABILITY 

HAS BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH 

EXCOTIC 

RARE

WE DON’T

TREAT EACHOTHER WITH DIGNITY

WE TREAT EACH OTHER WITH DIVERSITY STATISTICS 

SOCIAL VALOR

NARRATIVES YOUR OWN DAMAGES

IN RELATION TO AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER

THE CAT

IT DOES WONDERS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA TRACTION 

A LOOK

AN AESTHETIC 

KESHA’S CAT MR FLUFFY PANTS HASN’T TWEETED SINCE 2014

AND I WONDER EVERY SAY IF THAT CAT HAS MET

AN UNTIMELY END.  

MY NAME IS JAKE BRUSH

AND I’M AN ARTIST FROM LONG ISLAND 

WHICH MEANS THAT I AM ALSO

A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST 

WHO SPECIALIZES IN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER 

AND HOARDING

HAVE YOU EVER WANTED A PET RAT BEFORE?

JUST DON’T KNOCK IT TILL YOU’VE TRIED IT. 

THEY’RE EXTREMELY AGILE

HIGHLY INTELLIGENT

IF YOU LIVE YOUR LIVE IN SYSTEMIC POVERTY

A BREED THOUSANDS OF RATS

THEY WILL OVER RUN YOUR HOME AND YOU CAN BE ON TELEVISION 

AND THEY’RE GOT DISTINCTIVE PERSONALITIES,

THEY’RE COOL!

THESE IMAGES

BE FUCKING

WITH MY DEAD 

AND NOW THEY'RE IN THE FURNITURE IN THE DRAWS

UP IN THE CEILING SNIFFING

CHATTERING UNDERWEAR

MATERRESSES 

CEREAL BOX

KELLOGGS

NO BREAKS FROM WORK

BIG HUGGIES 

JUST SHOVE A CATHADAR UP IN THERE

OH MAN

YEAH I MEAN

EVERYWHERE YOU’VE GOT MOUISETURE 

LIKE IN YOUR EYE BALLS

OR YOUR LIPS

THE IMAGES JUST START LICKING. 

LITTLE TOUGH TO SLEEP

THAT WAY

 

I MEAN THEY JUST CRAWL ALL OVER HIM

HIS BRAIN IS TOTALLY ROTTED

HIS BODY IS ROTTED

HE’S BECOME A MONSTER

 

IT’S DISGUSTING 

IT SOUNDS LIKE A STREAM ROLLING

STEAM ROLLING

STREAM..

WHAT WAS THAT?

IT SOUNDS LIKE A STREAM ROLLER 

OR, 

A LIGHT RAIN.

 

THE MAIN CHARACTER 

THE ONE WITH THE BIGGEST

AND MOST PRESSING PROBLEMS

YOU’RE THE ONE WITH THE MOST PRESSING PROBLEMS 

THE STAR OF THE SHOW

CAN;T YOU RELATE 

WHEN YOU AREN’T THE SHOW

AND THAT’S JUST NOT GREAT

WHATS GREAT IS WHEN 

THE DISASTER CIRCULATES AROUND YOUR OWN LIFE 

IF THIS IS OVERWHELMING FOR YOU

KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT OVERWHELMING FOR US

ME AND YOU

THE VIEWER

AND WHATEVER I AM 

THIS IS UNCOMFORTABLE FOR US

BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING THE TIMES OF OUR LIVES 

I HOPE

BUT DIFFIDENTLY  NOTHING GOOD IS COMING FROM IT. 

 

MY NAME IS JAKE BRUSH

I’M AN ARTIST FROM LONG ISLAND 

WHICH MEANS I AM ALSO A CLINICAL PHYSIATRIST  

WHO SPECIALIZES 

IN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER

AND HOARDING 

I AM OUT OF BREATH.

 

BREAK IN POSTURE 

HEAD OVER

AND

CUT

AND 

BACK

Trailer for Season 3, Episode 20 of Hoarders (2011), A&E

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 Season 3, Episode 20 of Hoarders (2011), A&E

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