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Carl Ender’s criterion for buying a picture was that it should repel his senses and his intelligence. Only then could he be sure of having bought a valuable modern work. Long years of practice had brought him to the stage that he would be automatically impressed by anything he disliked, and would react to anything he liked with indignant suspicion. It was by such a method that he had secured his reputation of having an ‘infallible eye’.
Joseph Roth, Right and Left (trans. Michael Hofmann)

Literature & Art Across Frontiers: Underground heros: political lessons
Two of the brightest and most unlikely stars of underground media found they had much in common at a discussion on alternative media yesterday. Comic book anti-hero Harvey Pekar from grassroots Cleveland, US and weblogger Salam Pax from the heat of Baghdad, both write about their ordinary lives with extraordinary impact.
· Salam Pekar [link first seen at UTS ]
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