Posts tagged ‘Poetry and Art’

“When people get older, they get bitter or get cute.” — Kim Shattuck

Where an old boy’s acute frown’s a cute grin upside-down, “Monsieur Rose” turns it around. From France, Philippe Katerine’s art movement – le mignonisme (“the cuteness”) – turns up around his birthday in Pepe’s hometown, when most acute’s his frown.

Avoiding maturity is, for many men, not just a cute hobby, but a life’s work – often handsomely rewarded in the infantile popular culture of the West.

— Michael Leunig

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“A mystery is a whodunit. You know what happened, but not how or who’s behind it.” — M. J. Rose

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Who’s hints leave a trace,
Who’s prints fit the frame.
Clues cut to the chase.
A signet stakes claim.
Fake sleuths get the case.
Whodunit takes blame.

Round up the usual suspects! —Fake prefect of police, Casablanca

Upstairs maid?
Butler bot? Mac hack?
Palette knife?

Even a cat has things it can do that AI cannot. —Fei-Fei Li

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