Dear Rocketeers,
You are going to want to take a look at this more closely. I bet you are wondering just how I came upon it in the first place. Well, it all started yesterday when I was contemplating Jay DeFeo and trying to remember her name.
Her paintings are unforgettable, but I misplace her name fairly regularly. The following night was punctuated by a repetition of the word 'neologism,' which I could not recall the meaning of. I would wake frequently, and remind myself to ask my bedmate about it in the morning. The next day I received this image:
This image is an 'amuse-bouche' by artist Spencer Finch. Looking at Spencer Finch's work, I was reminded of Edward Tufte, whom I thought I ought to check in with, and that's when I found his great sculptures.
But what of 'neologism?' I believe it may have arrived by way of another recent human interaction defining the word 'larping.' Or, maybe it was because I am looking for a word to describe the kind of pseudo- or quasi-scientific art projects of some of the aforementioned artists. Jay De Feo might need a new word, too, to describe her use of paint as a means of attaining sculpture-scale mass.
