American cities are dotted by hulks of jagged, rusting metal, abandoned, seemingly without function, surrounded by endless expanses of concrete. This is the public sculpture.
Jan 312019
Seeming
Religion, art, taste, and other delusions.
Jan 112019
Musical taste ossifies early for the same reason mathematicians peak young.
Nov 302018
A savage can be a proper host: it takes civilization to be a proper guest.
Nov 082018
Good artists steal, great artists are stolen from.
Nov 072018
conspiracy : party :: cult : church
Sep 252018
Only atheists take the Bible literally.
Sep 192018
Acquired taste, n. An inclination sometimes inborn, sometimes affected, and always snobbish.
Aug 032018
Why does Hollywood hate capitalism? You would too, if you thought it looked like Hollywood.
Jul 132018
Progress, n. The gradually increasing belief in the stupidity of one’s ancestors.
Jul 062018
The personal is rarely political, but the political is nearly always personal.