“Be careful. Classic horror story." And he said, “Oh? I hate stories." And she said, “If you could be a bacteria would you be flesh-eating?" And he didn't respond, except for quickly saying, “I'm over narrative," but that was more so tucked under his breath, and with respect to, or having issued from, his previous statement; and then he just altered his stare a little, imposed a little more control over it, and she said, “You're looking at me like…," and he said, “Yes. Well, I desire you I guess." And she said, “Well I desire some guy over there," and she was pointing through a wall, over her left shoulder, all while leaning forward. “No, you desire me too," he said. “You just don't know it yet. I've gotta prove it." “Ah, male gaze ah," she said. “I've got to prove it," again
he said.
he said.
A)
Baby, you're like a theater critic pouring all his energy into one queer wrinkle to avoid the overarching argument altogether. It's like, I have made you dinner, and as I pour salt on it I say, “Here's some potassium chloride, just for you," and you decide that you don't like the dish (or the chef) because, as you tell me, salt is made of sodium chloride, not potassium chloride, and you have lost your appetite.
Baby, you're like a theater critic pouring all his energy into one queer wrinkle to avoid the overarching argument altogether. It's like, I have made you dinner, and as I pour salt on it I say, “Here's some potassium chloride, just for you," and you decide that you don't like the dish (or the chef) because, as you tell me, salt is made of sodium chloride, not potassium chloride, and you have lost your appetite.
B)
“You're one of the few people who have talked to me about it. Yes I'm very conscious of it. The only art, that can survive, is the brutal, strong art that brings art to the aegis of where it should be." —Ronald S. Lauder, NYC-ARTS, Channel 13, 3/22/2012
Ronald S. Lauder Collection at the Neue Galerie, #DoesArtMatter
“You're one of the few people who have talked to me about it. Yes I'm very conscious of it. The only art, that can survive, is the brutal, strong art that brings art to the aegis of where it should be." —Ronald S. Lauder, NYC-ARTS, Channel 13, 3/22/2012
Ronald S. Lauder Collection at the Neue Galerie, #DoesArtMatter
SIR
Effacement. We've come to the point where…we all want to be bold! But everything other than emaciation, or abandonment…think this through with me, son. It lacks rigor, doesn't it? Does it seem that way to you? Now when you grow up, you're going to meet a lot of women. They will blow your mind. And sometimes your…but let's not go there. There will be plenty of time for jokes. For crassness with your buddies. They will share with you all sorts of jokes and stories and images from the internet. You will see books from India that surprise you with new forms of sexual congress. Some of these you will take into the bathrooms of various local college libraries you'll patronize doing research for tenth-grade Latin term papers. I'm talking Cicero. In the bathroom you will unzip your pants and lower them to your ankles, along with your underwear. You will
Effacement. We've come to the point where…we all want to be bold! But everything other than emaciation, or abandonment…think this through with me, son. It lacks rigor, doesn't it? Does it seem that way to you? Now when you grow up, you're going to meet a lot of women. They will blow your mind. And sometimes your…but let's not go there. There will be plenty of time for jokes. For crassness with your buddies. They will share with you all sorts of jokes and stories and images from the internet. You will see books from India that surprise you with new forms of sexual congress. Some of these you will take into the bathrooms of various local college libraries you'll patronize doing research for tenth-grade Latin term papers. I'm talking Cicero. In the bathroom you will unzip your pants and lower them to your ankles, along with your underwear. You will
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