Issue #317: Adding One More Stroke to the Mona Lisa
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Some things are really, really good. Good enough that they are universally revered as the height of their medium. Citizen Kane. Hamlet. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The Celtics first half of basketball against the Golden State Warriors on March 3rd, 2024. Few who know what these things are would dispute their excellence. These are the kinds of things I like to understand and enjoy. There are plenty of these sorts of things, paradigmatically fantastic things, that aren’t as widely appreciated. They stand head and shoulders above their peers but for whatever reason are not recognized as such. It may be because of relative obscurity or because there are cultural incentives in place not to give these things their due. Regardless, I hope to surface the shining stars of art that aren’t widely assimilated into culture. This week, I am writing about one such thing.
Issue #317: Adding One More Stroke to the Mona Lisa
Issue #317: Adding One More Stroke to the…
Issue #317: Adding One More Stroke to the Mona Lisa
Some things are really, really good. Good enough that they are universally revered as the height of their medium. Citizen Kane. Hamlet. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The Celtics first half of basketball against the Golden State Warriors on March 3rd, 2024. Few who know what these things are would dispute their excellence. These are the kinds of things I like to understand and enjoy. There are plenty of these sorts of things, paradigmatically fantastic things, that aren’t as widely appreciated. They stand head and shoulders above their peers but for whatever reason are not recognized as such. It may be because of relative obscurity or because there are cultural incentives in place not to give these things their due. Regardless, I hope to surface the shining stars of art that aren’t widely assimilated into culture. This week, I am writing about one such thing.