PROBLEM 0011: Jackson Pollock At The Garage Sale

In which the author finds a Jackson Pollock at a garage sale. Wherein are found the author’s impressions of the dusty, inexpensive Pollock. Where a narrative is accidentally dripped all over an abstract work. And where real, honest-to-goodness information doesn’t do us any good at all.

PROBLEM 0010: Looking at Art You Just Don't Get and Thank You, Jackson Pollock

In which the author approaches Jackson Pollock with humility instead of ire, which seemed to do something. In which Pollock's "No. 6, 1952" becomes a little more than drips and numbers. In which several other ways of looking at an abstract work of art are offered. And where furniture, for some ungodly reason, comes back a-haunting.

PROBLEM 0009: Buying Furniture and Art

In which the author considers furniture as something beneath consideration. In which utility is a deep distraction from something unnameable. In which a tiny lacquer box is not furniture. And where art’s more diffuse qualities finally hold court with a surprised author.

PROBLEM 0007: Generalization Hamstrings the Art

In which the author pauses to consider the problem of Problems. In which that problem is labeled Generalization. And where the author admits to being a bit stymied even while talking like he’s not.

09 UPPERCASE ART: A Distinction

SYNOPSIS. In which author fears bugs in laundry—In which Typographical Naughtiness brings Meaning to the Word—On side effects and masterpieces—On the stages of Uppercaseness.

08 "IS THAT ART?" Problem Zero

SYNOPSIS. Wherein the author asks an expensive question. Where Andy Warhol makes a cheap appearance. Where art is art is art is art and so on. Wherein a definition is discovered that may do nobody any good whatsoever. Wherein failure is courted with pretty words and flowers. And how failure doesn’t return our calls.

05 EIGHT THINGS THAT ARE ART: As Seen on This Blog

SYNOPSIS. In which the author gives you a list of eight things he considers art. On the contradiction inherent in a list of eight things that isn’t really eight things. On the terror of List Item #8. Where the “Good Enough” makes its first appearance. Where the Sublime joins us for brunch.