dennis scharnberg

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the pawpaw patch

Nigel believes that everything does exist because everything ought to exist.  That much, at least, should be made clear.  Nevertheless, the reader might be mistaken to regard this as a key to the mystery that is Nigel.

Gareth Spence,  She Braved All.

 

 

another howling hoot

“Turn the other cheek” is not an admonition to surrender, Davis.  Not by a long shot.

Clive Ennis,  The Case of the Broken Handle.

in high places

“It’s a tradition, Paul.  So, yes, I am sure that it will be quite dreary.”

Myrtle Mawby,  Cabinets and Drawers, a Novel.

this day dawes

Facile foolish pseudoarguments, in favor of something ill-advised.  That’s what Jim had to offer.  All the morning long.

Will Davies,  She Would If She Could.

wanting to want

It is no longer a matter of challenging the viewer; it is no longer adversarial at all.  The artist now simply investigates cultural codes, and reports to the spectator concerning what was found.

Crispin Trove,  The Viewer as Pest.

turn on light

They don’t want to improve the world, they want to change it.  They wish to destroy.

Hunter Hogarth,  Raised by Wolves.

truly majestic work

Society should not encourage mental illness.

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.

boundaries don’t exist

Gravity is a social construct.

Terence Theodore,  Proverbs for a New Era.

all the trimmings

“It appears,” said Mr. Balfour, “that she is objecting to physics!”

Corliss Archer,  Boarding the Crazy Train.

row your boat

“If there really is a world.  And we don’t know that, do we?  I mean, we are all skeptics of course.  But if there is a world, and if that world has a center, then that, old boy, is where Naomi dwells.”

Will Southey,  Government Cheese, the Novel.