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writing for love or money? or rank?

Writing for love or money. Obviously, not everyone is Franz Kafka who leaves instructions to have their manuscripts torched after their demise. Given the current legal wrangling over the cache of Kafka papers, maybe Max Brod should have been a … Continue reading

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brillo pad to kraft dinner to goldfish: integral equations

Maybe it was supposed to be a fake. This whole PR campaign that faked an incident where Banksy transformed the Jesus the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro into Bin Laden was a photo-shop effort. But, though inauthentic and phony, … Continue reading

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getting serious: joke on who?

Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? ( Paul Gauguin painting title) .Keith Martin-Smith has written that humour- joke/irony- can be a powerful part of art. BUT, complexity and skill of execution can and do … Continue reading

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