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Phoebe Hoban in Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art reminds us that It is significant that one of his favorite source books included a dictionary of hobo signs — and from it he took not only symbols but poetry. (“Nothing … Continue reading →

A little Hassidic Tale, a little knotwork. p. 146 Learn from All They asked Rabbi Mikhal: “In the Sayings of the Fathers we read: ‘Who is wise?’ He who learns from all men, as it is said, ‘From all my … Continue reading →

A group way into an irrational number. Always approaching. (Mar 25 15:46) From Irc: polite (Mar 25 19:09) From Light: rude (Apr 1 18:50) From Irc: awakening (Apr 2 15:12) From Light: enlightenment (Apr 2 18:49) From Yred: karma (Apr … Continue reading →

Shakespeare. Love’s Labour Lost. HOLOFERNES, the pendant, celebrates the princesses hunting prowess. He does so with hilarious aplomb. I will something affect the letter, for it argues facility. The preyful princess pierced and prickt; a pretty pleasing pricket; Some say … Continue reading →

From a literary salon chez des amis, I walked away with a phrase in my head from Diane Enns. I mangled it a bit when I replayed it “consolation of squirrels” when it was “commiseration of squirrels”. Endowing squirrels with … Continue reading →

In the show at the Art Gallery of Ontario, there is a canvas called Exhu which, after a search online for images, one comes across reproductions racked serially — like slides in a light box or more appropriately like stencilled … Continue reading →

The collector speaks. The conversation moves on to a painting she has just bought. A bunch of tulips arranged in a crystal vase, their white petals streaked with yellow and pink. One of the petals has fallen off already onto … Continue reading →

I was taken with the fluidity and eaſe with which I could accuſstom myſelf to the long s in the Scholar Press 1969 imprint of a facsimile edition of Jonathan Swift’s A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining The English … Continue reading →