diary of a BRICOLEUR

UNLEARNING THE CONSTELLATIONS

Image: L'étoile matinale (Morning Star) from the series, Constellations, by Joan Miro, 1940.

“We must unlearn the constellations to see the stars.” Jack Gilbert from the poem, “Tear it Down.”

I found this elegant restatement of the…

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WE ARE ALL BRICOLEURS

The painting above is Tennis Court Oath by Jacque Louis David. It captures the moment when King Louis XVI ejected the citizens of the National Assembly from the Palace in Versailles. They gathered in a nearby indoor tennis court and…

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