In each of our three features, a writer invites us to join them on a journey they began long ago. Articles on Maya Gurantz’s film and performance project, Poem of E.L., and resisting narrative containment; Robert Irwin’s framework for looking at art; and several L.A.-based projects that intersect artistic innovation and environmental remediation. Plus, a conversation with curator Paulina Lara about the importance of archives, music, and human connection in her work. In the third iteration of “Works in Progress,” photographer Leah Rom visits photographic artist Soo Kim’s studio of more than a decade. Reviews of “Teddy Sandoval and the Butch Gardens School of Art,” Lex Brown, Hugh Hayden, Diana Yesenia Alvarado, Cauleen Smith, and Candice Lin.