a fool in the forest: Kalte Ente/Canard Froid/Cold Duck

Epigraphs

A fool, a fool! I met a fool i' the
forest,
A motley fool; a miserable world!
As I do live by food, I met a fool
Who laid him down and bask'd him
in the sun,
And rail'd on Lady Fortune in good
terms,
In good set terms and yet a motley
fool.

As You Like It,
Act II, Scene 7

L'homme y passe à travers des
forêts de symboles
Qui l'observent avec des regards
familiers.

Les Fleurs du Mal,
“Correspondances”

[T]here is almost no subject-matter, and what little one can disentangle is foolish....
One would call the style verbose, except that by definition verbosity is the use of words in excess of the occasion, and there seems to be no occasion.

Yvor Winters,
Forms of Discovery, Ch. 7

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May 28, 2004

Kalte Ente/Canard Froid/Cold Duck

True, the whole thing's in German, but Art is a universal language, is it not?

You must, must, must, dear readers, examine this site for Die DUCKOMENTA, an exhibition currently on view at the Schloss Salem am Bodensee revealing the history of capital-A Art as told through depictions of -- well that would be telling, wouldn't it?

[Link lifted without compunction from Jesse Walker at Hit & Run.]

Posted on May 28, 2004 at 12:06 PM in Art and Museums, Utter Nonsense | Permalink

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Ich lachte mein Arsch auf. Zu kuhl!!

[Did D-Day preserve civilization as we know it?]

Posted by: David Giacalone | May 28, 2004 at 05:26 PM

Enjoyed the link, thanks.

Posted by: Golgi | May 29, 2004 at 11:08 AM

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a fool in the forest

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