Tag: Art
Letters to Milena: The art of copycat
Good artists copy, good artists steal! Pablo Picasso We might argue, fight, and writhe and roll our eyes at copycats. Yet a certain gesamtkunstwerk to the well-copied allows it a fighting chance. A chance to be more than a slavish reproduction, a homage; an act of love even, to the original. I was reminded of…
Why we write
A lot of my life right now is questions, so I’ve been reading. It’s how I’ve always found answers, and it’s always worked, so I don’t see why that should change. I’ve been reading a lot recently. Reading all the things I don’t need to be, in all the time I don’t have[…]