Readings
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Serafín is reunited with his leg
We are living in difficult times. The proof is that humourists are dying in twos and threes. And we all know how resilient humourists are, they can deal with practically anything: hunger, misery, censorship, misunderstandings, and oblivion. [read more] -
Rare, old, sold out and curious
An Experiment in Criticism, by C.S. Lewis. ‘Who in their right mind,’ he wrote, ‘would not, if they could, retain that restless curiosity, that vivid imagination, that ease for suspending incredulity, that insatiable appetite… [read more] -
Our eyes see, look, observe, discover, appreciate, notice, spot, glimpse, perceive, repair, examine, recognise, distinguish, survey, contemplate, snoop, pry, watch, discern, advert, spy, stalk… [read more] -
The illustrator as a piece of furniture
My grandfather, the Baron of Chlussowiez, was a great artist. He learned to paint by copying Brueghel’s prints and portraits of saints with annoyed expressions. He would go into the forest and come out after a while as a bush, carrying a collection of twisted roots which he shaped into a bird. [read more]
