dennis scharnberg

haul of fame

Andrew Tertullian, Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

It is a commonplace to suggest that Georges de la Tour was influenced by Caravaggio. But in such claims the word “influence” should be a measure of susceptibility.

Nelson Poindexter, Corpuscular Aesthetics.

It takes a great effort to see the culture as the sales pitch that it is.

Nelson Poindexter, Corpuscular Aesthetics.

“Well, I would like to become more sophisticated,” confessed Allyn. “Like all those artists over in the WB.”

Adrian Caliban, The Magnificent Egglestons.

“I think I want to make it difficult,” thought Evan. “I mean, I haven’t yet made up my mind on the matter—and the decision will be mine, of course—but I am at least thinking of making it difficult.”

Anselm Bligh, A Collection of Miniatures.

It is reading that leads to the isolated “self.” Literacy is alienation.

Gardner Stuyvesant, The Trauma of Materialism.

sins of emission

Andrew Tertullian, Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

“Just look at that Tesla! It’s a bright red sun. Spotless. A rock of ages.”

Crosby Fields, A Reasonable Amount of Trouble.

Finding the paradox is easy.

Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.

Materiality—or “boundedness”—is mere appearance. The world is unbounded.

Tristram Speaker, A Book of Postulates.