A Fine Art

In Something   II  Philip

We wish here to set down the tale of one who is mighty and who seeks to spread his faith throughout the world. His garb is exclusively black, and he eats the same dish at the same time everyday. His daily excursions with horse and carriage know but one route and but one set time. And yet he stretches out a protecting hand over the images of Hieronymus Bosch who is otherwise held in great suspicion by the Inquisition.

We thank Philipp II. of Spain.

In Something  II  Phillip

The creation of a stroke of genius

a coincidence or a steady hand

on the long arm of the piece

is all a dream of what it could be

when it comes to the arts and their owners

stock is stock

hung in darkness it has value still

Cave paintings or The National Gallery

divine dustmote child of Satan

Art swirls around itself

is divinely simple and hellishly difficult

in the shadow of stern patrons preserved

The Marlboro giant or the grand Philipp

Bosch or Philip M.

Goodwill comes from favoring

and art comes from

students of a master collector of the masters

and on every tongue the highest bidder

art always tastes like something

art is not merely a matter of taste

art is faith in the combat of creating

knowledge, strife-free, for its cognoscenti