
Serious Artist

All art is a revolt against man’s fate.
Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolor disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life? Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let’s laugh and learn with him on a journey deep into the tortured mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against lonliness in a quiet American suburb.
Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.
via QOTD
A Quotable, Pithy Guide to Aphorists
James Geary has gathered examples of what he calls the oldest and shortest literary art form on the planet – the aphorism – into a compendium, Geary’s Guide to the World’s Great Aphorists. He shares the rules he uses to identify an aphorism.