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“Maybe the art was an invitation into the idea that all judgments were ultimately compromised and that objectivity was really not paying attention to the matrix of relations that made the world worth inhabiting.
Viewed that way, Wyeth could argue his way into finding the show interesting, but he still thought the paintings were ugly.”
— Oct 18, 2026 06:56AM
Viewed that way, Wyeth could argue his way into finding the show interesting, but he still thought the paintings were ugly.”
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“It was a hollow time. It was a dull time. It was summer, and Manhattan steamed between two rivers.”
If he had opened with this, I would have found the Dickens allusion nauseating. Tucked away as the sixth paragraph, it’s perfect.
— Oct 14, 2026 07:40AM
If he had opened with this, I would have found the Dickens allusion nauseating. Tucked away as the sixth paragraph, it’s perfect.

