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Two Twenty-Nothings
Dear Sydney: Get the fuck out of my way. If I am walking at a reasonable pace through the city, chances are I have somewhere to be. The fact that I am in the CBD as opposed to, you know, my house, should suggest that I am probably expected somewhere. And if we assume that the presence of shoes and my lack of a cardboard sign illustrate that I’m probably not a hobo, that somewhere isn’t this street. However perhaps that’s a bit unfair.
Christian will launch his Whiter Shades of Pale book tour next Tuesday (publication day) in Brooklyn, followed by 12 more cities. Don’t miss it!
Stuff White People Like
Do you feel insulted by this painting? Well, if the question seems a bit ridiculous today, it would not have been if you had lived in the 13th century in europe. You would have been shocked by this painting. Why? For the very reason that this painting seems common today : it follows the rule of perspective. You have to imagine that before, Leon Battista Alberti , the characters were not reprensented at scale and adjusted to the perspective , their sized represented the intensity of their faith in god.