Idealism

the articulation of so many beliefs on one vehicle undermines their persuasive power. while they share a common theme, their abundance suggests superficiality, a lack of dedication to any one idea.

A Recluse Once Made His Home Here

as my sister, Shaler Marie Van der Hoof Caddingham, said of the good-natured hermit newly installed at her estate, "his distinct odor, a mixture of gin and human expulsion, comforts as much as it revolts".

Semper Fidelis

strange indeed are the skills - if they can be so called - celebrated by the dimwitted, impecunious and uncouth.

Knossos

none who enter this confounding structure emerge unaltered.

many maddening hours have I spent endeavoring to escape its aphotic depths.

The Rules of the Game

this graffiteur has attempted to illuminate some great hypocrisy. yet I cannot understand the employ of such evocative language nor the existence of such palpable ire.

anyone privy to the unfortunate end of Miss Lily Bart already knows to be true what the artist hopes to lay bare.

further, such disregard for decorum and prudence reveals the artist is no gentleman and therefore can hardly judge any of our number.