In Goya's Greatest Scenes We Seem To

For Even Bad Poetry Has Relevance For What It Does Not Say For What It Leaves Out.

The Paintings May Communicate Even Better Because People Are Lazy And They Can Look At A Painting With Less Effort Than They Can Read A Poem.

I'm Reading A Book About Romaine Brooks, A Wonderful Painter From Early In The Last Century.

Well, I Didn't Know How To Draw Very Well Back Then, In The '40s And '50s.

Western Civilization Has Been In A State Of Decline Since The Edwardian Age, Say 1910. That Was The Height Of Greco-roman European Civilization. Then There Was The First World War. That Was The Beginning Of The End. That Civilization Has Been In A Decline Ever Since. But From The American Triumphalist Point Of View Our Wonderful Electronic Revolution Is Really The Forefront Of An Ongoing Wonderful Civilization.