I’ve obtained and read the first season of Truitt’s book and of course gone down some rabbit holes through it, starting with las Meninas, an unexpectedly huge subject. From there I wandered into investigations of Velásquez as a collector/curator, the construction and conflagration of the Alcázar Palace, and of course Truitt’s work with which I was wholly unfamiliar. So, thanks! She exemplifies the unsentimentality she admires. Her observations have elegance and depth. “Yield”? Well, there’s not much that gives way easily. Anyway, what’s next in this asynchrony of a book club? Does the conversation happen solely in these comments?
So you actually lost subscribers (not just visitors) over that kerosene post. Remarkable--though not in a good way. I suppose one might have expected that, though one would have thought your readers (in this forum) would be more...liberal. To me, that post was essentially saying what I've always considered obvious: that politics, which is intrinsically distasteful (not to say disgusting) typically comes down to choosing the lesser evil, unpalatable though it may be, given that there's no better choice. As for manipulation, I don't know if I'm immune or repelled by it, but I don't respond at all well to it.
I’ve obtained and read the first season of Truitt’s book and of course gone down some rabbit holes through it, starting with las Meninas, an unexpectedly huge subject. From there I wandered into investigations of Velásquez as a collector/curator, the construction and conflagration of the Alcázar Palace, and of course Truitt’s work with which I was wholly unfamiliar. So, thanks! She exemplifies the unsentimentality she admires. Her observations have elegance and depth. “Yield”? Well, there’s not much that gives way easily. Anyway, what’s next in this asynchrony of a book club? Does the conversation happen solely in these comments?
So you actually lost subscribers (not just visitors) over that kerosene post. Remarkable--though not in a good way. I suppose one might have expected that, though one would have thought your readers (in this forum) would be more...liberal. To me, that post was essentially saying what I've always considered obvious: that politics, which is intrinsically distasteful (not to say disgusting) typically comes down to choosing the lesser evil, unpalatable though it may be, given that there's no better choice. As for manipulation, I don't know if I'm immune or repelled by it, but I don't respond at all well to it.
OK- count me in for the Book Club.