dennis scharnberg

another nebulous dawn

After the destruction of “all things solid,” the radical has nothing further to offer.

Lawrence Knowles, Styles of Mendacity: The Life and Work of Max Horkheimer.

bird in hand

Selfhood is the thing, yes. But they do not want to examine the self. They just want to proceed.

Hill Boothby, Essays in Disappointment Management.

outside of language

“He warned us about artists. No, it was about painters. Painters and adulterers.”

H. S. Hecatone, A Botched Civilization.

the teapot con

“The museums are next,” muttered Hopkins somewhat cryptically.

Marston Moore, Sweet Meteor of Death.

auntie aircraft weapon

“I want to become an action painter,” confessed Edward. “Is it too late for that?”

Benedict Elder, A Cosmopolitan Paradise.

kettle of hawks

Hedonism is laziness.

Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.

fast and loose

Philosophy a la carte.

Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.

riot by schedule

The triumph of subjectivity. Its roots in England, in the 1820s. And onward did it march.

Amanda Willcoxen, ed., The Literary and Philosophical Fragments of Gregory James Sallust.

nope a dope

Does an old chipped mug, by virtue of holding [Duchamp’s] fingerprints, qualify now for full curatorial support?

Crispin Trove, The Viewer as Pest.

incident number 549

He found consolation in his old indecipherable books. And in the walls all around him.

Agatha Vox, When Everything Was Singing.