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Eugene Atget, “Rag Picker” (1899)

In 1976, the best picture Oscar went to Rocky, written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. However, my real life Rocky was boxer Ken Norton.

Anthony van Dyck, “Self-Portrait with a Sunflower” (ca. 1634)

Titian, “Allegory of Time Governed by Prudence” (ca. 1565)

So if after reading this prickly little dissertation, you find yourself at odds with my mean and petty words, then I beseech you to take pity on this wretched creature

And thus we resume our discourse on the artlessness of sneezing with an admonition.

Today I begin a three day ramble on the nature sneezing. It defines me. It is at the core of my very existence. It is hell on Earth.

Shahzia Sikander, “Sinxay Narrative as Dissolution #1” (2008)

And so my journey began, to please the Gods who reign on high in the Halls of the Motor Vehicle Administration.