dennis scharnberg

pathways of mendacity

“Well which eye is it, Andrea?  Which one?  The left?  The right?  Or is it the upper one?”

Chadwick Graves,  Maoist Struggle Session and Other Stories.

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One of Marjorie’s hobbies was a lazy one—watching the old Hudson Terraplane rusting in the sun.  Minute by minute.

Agatha Vox,  When Everything Was Singing.

bragging about humility

With modernism, the artist crafted an experience for the viewer, often posed as a challenge.  After 40 years of postmodernism, that seems downright quaint.  All the viewer can expect today is some form of oblique discourse by the artist, concerning social behaviors (including art as social behavior).

Hudson Hume,  A New Coat of Paint.

up and scoot

We are scornful of our ancestors because, at a certain level, we realize that they lived and we do not.

Nigel Swoone,  Old Theories of Time.

long winter evening

Challenge:  Find a single redeeming feature of Joe Kennedy.

Winslow Crabb,  A More Satisfactory World.

fish in bowl

“Remove all constraints!” sang Dr. Freud.

Corliss Archer,  Boarding the Crazy Train.

four and twenty

“All I can remember is that lazy sneer on her face.  And I kept wondering where the hell that came from.”

Will Bestwyck,  Letters From Mr. Palindrome.

admiring the shrubbery

Randomness is a useful illusion.

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.

needle and thread

awed or even

Andrew Tertullian,  Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

hither and yon

“But the carpet doesn’t harmonize with the wallpaper, William.  Not in the least.”

Burdyce Goode,  Philosophy of Vegetables.