“Writers get so fixated on the mechanics of writing that they forget how much they can learn from the other arts about line and the uses of space. Good writing, like a good watch, should have no unnecessary parts, and that’s what great art shouts at us: Tell the story with no unnecessary parts.”

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William Zinsser inspired by simple geometry he saw in Matisse’s work. Every year he reads a sentence to his students, one that accompanied a panel where Matisse was quoted about his infatuation with what he called African cloths. Matisse said, “I never tire of looking at them for long periods of time and waiting for something to come to me from the mystery of their instinctive geometry.” Zinsser reads it to the students in his writing classes. “I don’t tell them what it means — how it might apply to their own writing — because I don’t know. I just want them to think about it.” He continues, “Think about it. Tell your story as plainly as you can, with no extra parts.”

1,000 Chinese Artists

francis bacon

francis bacon by john deakin

"I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till I drop. This is the night, what it does to you. I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion."
— Jack Kerouac

Barack Obama Battles the Pink Robots

Barack Obama Battles the Pink Robots by Philadelphia based artist Jayson Musson, was displayed at 'The Last Drop' in 2009. Jayson's work is filled with lots of humor, and political and social commentary.

Be sure to check out his website 'Jayson Musson', and blog 'SwimmerInTheOcean'.

Uncertainty with conventional responses.

What are the questions raised?
how are they confronted?
how do they confront the viewer?
how are they resolved?