The Genius

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To Gavri

True art is always found where we least expect it, where nobody is thinking about it or saying its name.

Art hates to be recognized and greeted by name.

It flees instantly.

—Jean Dubuffet

… a mirror of smoke, cracked and dim in which to judge himself …

— The Book of Odd Thoughts 13:15

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n the beginning, I behaved badly. I’m not going to lie to you, so allow me to get that on the table right away: while I would like to believe that I redeemed myself later, there’s no question that—in the beginning at least—I lacked a certain purity of purpose. That’s putting it mildly. If we’re being honest, let’s be honest: I was motivated by greed and, more important, by narcissism: a sense of entitlement that runs deep in my genes and that I can’t seem to shake, no matter how ugly it makes me feel, some of the time. Part of the job description, I suppose, and part of the reason I’ve moved on. Know thyself.p>

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