Truth be told, I go back and forth endlessly about the purpose of this blog. The basic question is about scope: Is Born Under Punches a personal filing cabinet for me to catalog thought, ideas, links and curiosities, or, is it the vehicle I employ to force focus on a particular thought, idea, link or curiosity. The catalog of lists or the deep dive into a topic, one at a time?
Blame it on the weather, the sleeping schedule of the past week, or the chicken parm in the oven, but for at least for today the answer is lists…with a theme: If all were right in the world…
If all were right in the world: The exhibition accompanying the release of Ecstatic Peace Poetry Journal # 10 at White Columns would get far more attention than Jeffrey Dietch’s manipulation of the art world (sort of like Bernanke running the Fed).
If all were right in the world: Productivity tools would be the game changers for creative people, not the contact lists in their iPhones. “There are too many ideas in the world, and not enough action. Without organization and productivity, brilliant ideas never happen.”
If all were right in the world: The media would realize that the McSweeneys iPhone App (and others of its ilk, where publishers give people content they actually want to pay for vs. what they want to sell), can reinvigorate publishing.
If all were right in the world: I would think it realistic that I could one day see all of these places in person. In a lifetime of course, not a year.
If all were right in the world: Paul Krugman would be running the Fed, the IMC, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the NYC Board of Ed, and the Congress.
If all were right in the world: I would have started Muji, and still own all my Legos.
If all were right in the world: Tadao Ando would be my mentor, and my architect.
And lastly, if all were right in the world: Arsenio would still be on the air and the guest in this clip would have never, ever, stepped into a recording studio.
