Purred Reich

A more, ahem, specific cat collection.

Oh please

You people are so immature.

Arthur

Speaking of cats ...

Ok, Tim, if you want more cat pictures for your collection -- your post reminded me of MOBA, or the Museum of Bad Art, an 'institution dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition and celebration of bad art in all its forms and in all its glory.'

Here are 3 cat-inspired examples: Peter the Kitty (which was reportedly acquired at the Hyde Park Salvation Army); In the Cat's Mouth (I would recommend reading the commentary that accompanies this one on the website- museumofbadart.org); and a new acquisition, He Was a Friend of Mine. Enjoy.

Did I mention I have a collection of cat pictures?

Ensuing conversation: What constitutes spam on the Consortium Blog? Can we somehow block Tim? The cats say: why doesn't anyone else give this a try?

Aphorisms

From Susan Sontag (in the essay, Mind as Passion, regarding Elias Canetti)

"The notebook is the perfect literary form for an eternal student, someone who has no subject or, rather, whose subject is 'everything.' It allows entries of all lengths and shapes, and degrees of impatience and roughness, but its ideal entry is the aphorism."

Thus, one of Canetti's aphorisms, oddly appropriate to our course:

"'culture' is brewed up by the vanities of patrons. It is a dangerous love potion that distracts attention from death. The purest expression of culture is an Egyptian grave, where everything is gathered about in vain – utensils, jewelry, food, pictures, sculpture, prayers – and still the deceased is not alive."
- from The Human Province