Tuesday, March 29, 2022

#487 The Two Mysteries (2)


There are two pipes. Or, rather, two paintings of the same pipe which are meant both to please others & ourselves, & to make others pleased with us. Do not say there is no heart in the work here—its basis is the human heart. The sorcery lies in an operation rendered invisible by the simplicity of its result—to make the pipe new, but floating in a natural silence where attention to the small details extends it more than it illustrates it or fills the void. To make it legend.
Text Sources: This Is Not a Pipe, by Michel Foucault The Ladies' Book of Etiquette (1860), by Florence Hartley

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