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Toro as a Christ figure
If I were to become a matador, at the end of the spectacle, the arena doors would be locked shut. Every spectator would be given a plate and a fork. There would be one narrow exit. Over the door would hang a plaque reading 'He died for our sins.
Painting: Christ in the house of his father
This painting was branded onto my retinas almost seven years ago now. A painting so right it's almost wrong. In the carpenter's workshop, we find Joseph tending to his son — inspecting the wound, the premonition written in the palm of the child who would become the
WWJD?
Painting: truth coming out of her well
The naked truth. There she is. You didn't have to look so hard. A fury too pure that her nakedness becomes meaningless. Unashamed in substance because she's living through her word. This is a woman's painting. I feel many people struggle to comprehend rage
An experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
2019 The worst year of my life. Before covid. I was aimless, wandering the halls of the British Gallery sometime in October, when I saw it. The painting is so sombre it presents itself as a void — something you notice peripherally before you've decided to look. Unlike other
My observations on the French
French men are made to have their hearts broken. And French women are made to break them. It's a very specific and weirdly cruel mating ritual. One I simply cannot perform. Because I wasn't born French. I was born British. Brits break hearts by accident and
(French) De rien
Liberté Égalité Fraternité autor du table à manger De Rien Hôtesse Représentant Évêque Invitée Banquier Sdf (M. DeNiro / De Rien) Chris (L'hôte se tourne vers l'invité à sa droite.)Hôte – Alors, vous savez déjà pour qui vous allez voter ? Représentant – Oui, je vote pour mon parti.
What a joke…
A Preacher, A judge, and a hypocrite walk into a bar... The bartender says ‘are you all friends?’ Preacher. I keep the flock close Judge. Only after 5 ‘o’clock Hypocrite. I’m there when they need me The bartender asks ‘Are these your colleagues then?’ The preacher says ‘this
An economist wearing a bear skin.
"Oh this old thing? I got it from -ASOS-Made by the hands of a Turkish 12 year old...That’s why the stitching is so fine."
Travel advise for Western Europe.
Rip-off Britain Trop cher en France Mercanti Italia ¿Los espagñoles? Honestos con su deniro.
Am I the frog?
I haven't slept, and I need to tell you something I've been thinking about. I've been feeling this strange mix of alarm and preemptive grief. What we're seeing normalized - not just online but in real life - is genuinely alarming. The polarity with