“Pain is always new to the sufferer, but loses its originality for those around him.”
~ Alphonse Daudet, In the Land of Pain(trans. Julian Barnes)
Jeff Koons is an entrepreneur, not an artist. A Wall Street guy who forever changed the art world. His formula for success: size + garishness = big money... Big StuffIn an age of constant status updates, what becomes of art forms – like literary memoir – that thrive on concealment?... Bohemians of letters
Society, politics, economics, culture; foreign and domestic; corporate and not-for-profit: The old categories are becoming obsolete... It is all about trend setting enablers drivers
In an early poem, John Updikedescribed trash as a “wonderland of discard.” Now we know the wonders contained in his trash... Reverse garbage of garage sales
Who Is Elena Ferrante? The writer has never been interviewed in person, perhaps never even photographed. For her, celebrity is a choice, not an obligation... Story of Elen
Against Transparency, Against Interpretation, Against Love: Has the popular posture of cranky provocationlost its edge?... Turning Stories
Weimar: Where Goethe and Schiller found a home, Liszt blossomed into a musical genius; Bauhaus became possible, and Nazism took hold... Town of Weimar / so unlike Vrbov