the nature of the fool
Is it a sign of his delusion or of his refusal to conform to the senselessness of his world?
the role of the critic
What does reading all these long, fictional stories do for me, or for anyone?
a romanticism of the real
I wished that I, too, could write a manifesto.
on looking, part 3
What is there to see, if all there is to see is paint?
on looking, part 2
The I that receives the work of art is much larger and not personal or even really mine.
on looking, part 1
I have made a practice of looking at a work of art until I think that I am bored, and then I keep on looking.
groundhog year
Sometimes the miles are boring; occasionally the miles are glorious.
i would kill a dragon for you
Did it awaken something within me that had been there there all along?