dennis scharnberg

pursuit of pleasantness

“She was strangely convinced that the cement brick—as an art material—was ‘owned’ by a close friend of hers. So, only he could use them. And no one else should even consider it. I accomplished exactly nothing by pointing out that cement bricks were ordinary construction products and had already been used by dozens of artists, and in a variety of ways.”

Nicholas Bruhns, Otto the Magpie.

on glowing screens

And now considering the interval of “9”: 9, 18 [1+8=9], 27 [2+7=9], 36 [3+6=9], 45 [4+5=9], 54 [5+4=9], 63 [6+3=9], 72 [7+2=9], 81 [8+1=9], 90 [9+0=9], 99 [9+9=18, 1+8=9], 108 [1+0+8=9], 117 [1+1+7=9], 126 [1+2+6=9], …

Myron Dowsie, Voice of Numbers.

bread and circus

The website offered access to “100 million songs”. But Albert wanted to know how many of them had been written by music-industry giant Paul Simon.

Adrian Caliban, The Magnificent Egglestons.