Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
Many were looted simply because they were rich.
William Dalrymple • The Last Mughal
Surprised the Terence McKenna admitted that Food of the Gods (which introduced the “Stoned Ape Theory”) was consciously a work of propaganda. This doesn’t mean he didn’t believe the theory, it just confirms that the main intention of the work was to change public opinion on drugs:
“Since I feel pretty much around friends and fringies here, it
Charles Joseph from the Kwakwaka’wakw
Charles Saatchi has manipulated perceptions and gleaned headlines for work by artists he owns by inflating prices by the millions.
Sarah Thornton • Seven Days in the Art World
“cliometrics” or economic history.
Charles R. Morris • The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
Eve Babitz, and Joan’s longtime friend, Earl McGrath, who was married to an Italian countess and introduced the Dunnes to tout L.A.