Ian Frazier: “He said that he always tried to draw like a child. The portrait photo he engineered of his adult self holding hands with a life-size cutout photo of himself at age six shows how seriously he took this idea. The goal was to draw like a child who never stopped drawing that way even as he aged and his subject matter became not childish.”
Tag: 10.08.14
The Much-Maligned Adverb Finds Refuge, And Even Power, In The Law
“No part of speech has had to put up with so much adversity as the adverb. The grammatical equivalent of cheap cologne or trans fat, the adverb is supposed to be used sparingly, if at all, to modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs. … Not everybody, however, looks askance at the part of speech. Indeed, there is at least one place where the adverb not only flourishes but wields power – the American legal system.”
Marina Abramovic Begs Lars Von Trier To Work On Her Film
“Dear Mr Lars von Trier, I think you are the most disturbing director in this planet and this is why I’d really, really love to work with you … You really bring the actors on the edge of complete nervous breakdowns. Because I am a performance artist, I understand very well what you are doing.” (includes video)