notes on ?-based language

10 VANITY

Art, like life, needs to be restated constantly and protected daily.

VANITAS EST NOBIS

Isn’t pleasure an important form of knowledge? Is vanity a devil in these practices? Vanity is built-in to all of us. It is a feature; not a bug. Self-preservation.

One last thing about Kim Kardashian’s instafame: are you surprised that she gets hundreds of thousands of dollars for one sponsored post she uploads? KM: The increase in value of the world of things is directly proportional to the decrease in value of the human world.

On Jerry Saltz

Tracing the limits of criticism is not only a question of truth but also a matter of decision.

The perfect dictatorship begins when the regime turns people spying on themselves, vigilant, infamous. Anytime, anywhere, the other is not a we.