“Pickle, gloomy, portly, curmudgeon–sounds that loop back on themselves to close the circle of meaning. They’re perfect, in their way. They’re what all language wants to be when it grows up.”

Cute article by Joseph Bottum from the weekly standard

Some nice work by Japanese artist and artistic director Taku Anekawa incorporating painting and embroidery in his usual quirky/bizarre style.
His show at Nanzuka Underground just closed last week.

(image courtesy of Nanzuka Underground)