BY ZRCL @misseckhaus


Our first and last walk uphill was for possession of two yellowing plums, she said. No, two brown flowers, he said. Okay. Two Brown Flowers. We climbed slowly toward the house of destiny. No,no, the temple of chance. The other direction two stones rolled downhill, she said. Billiard balls. They were billiard balls, he said. Oh yes, I recall. It was exactly then, that I made fun of your sunburn, she said and dropped the plums, he said. When you made so much out of nothing. -M. Yakich
"'One day you and I and this will all turn to dust.'he said, she said, they said."
-P. Thek

GEORGES DE LA TOUR'S "THE FORTUNE TELLER" TAKEN DOWN FROM THE MET

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FOR UNCONTROVERSIAL REASONS, A FAVORITE PAINTING OF MINE IS TAKING A SABBATICAL FROM ITS POSITION IN THE EUROPEAN PAINTING GALLERIES AT THE MET. THIS COMES AT A TIME WHEN I WANTED TO SEE IT MOST.
(IMAGES FROM THE MET'S VAGUELY COMPREHENSIVE, BUT EXTRAORDINARY "HEILBRUNN TIMELINE OF ART HISTORY")