Friday, 18 May 2018

Y (May)


Why the divide? Where does it start, and how? Saul Steinberg sat at his draughtsman’s desk. Figures stand at the end of each tip, wondering did they take the road less travelled? YES rolls downhill like a principal’s speech, directly towards an unavoidable BUT. May starts with an mmmmmmm of anticipation, encounters an A of achievement, only to tail off with an unanswered why. Steinberg took an hour with best art paper drawing a Y, all bells and whistles. Asked why, he replied, boredom. His stick figure Y reaches out, in ecstasy, for help, another branch on the family tree.

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