notes to the above -
i: the brilliant marcel duchamp knew: accidents, chance, luck, errors. these make life. these also make art.
ii: act. rather than desire. (you know this means you).
iii: reality is poorly understood. it ought not to be given, but formed through experience and thought.
iv: necessarily, in the C20th, artistic self-obsession replaced the artistic object. that time ought now to have passed.
v: required - a strong sense of self and no real sense of self.
vi: even in the kakistocratic art world, sooner or later some work is needed
vii: not every rembrandt is a work of genius. but every rembrandt is worth a lot of money.
meaning? galleries are a business. not an impartial judge.
viii: how else can the inane v: be explained?
ix: black and white stories (sometimes) change careers.
x: what we are all about. all too often.