I was at the Museum of Fine Arts, admiring colonial American portraits by John Singleton Copley. Two young men, perhaps on a family trip, dragged around the galleries against their will, slouched up alongside me.
"Who's that?" one asked the other, indicating a picture of some eighteenth-century New England worthy.
"Just some douche who had himself painted," the other replied.
There was, perhaps, some truth in this observation; albeit truth hidden behind an expert application of flattering paint.
"If you're interested in douches then you should investigate the work of Franz Hals," I told them. "He painted some excellent examples of Dutch douche-bags."
"Huh-huh, er, think we've seen enough douches for one day," they sniffed as they slouched off.
I saw them again, later, sniggering at some tribal totems from Oceania, but kept my remarks to myself.
"Who's that?" one asked the other, indicating a picture of some eighteenth-century New England worthy.
"Just some douche who had himself painted," the other replied.
There was, perhaps, some truth in this observation; albeit truth hidden behind an expert application of flattering paint.
"If you're interested in douches then you should investigate the work of Franz Hals," I told them. "He painted some excellent examples of Dutch douche-bags."
"Huh-huh, er, think we've seen enough douches for one day," they sniffed as they slouched off.
I saw them again, later, sniggering at some tribal totems from Oceania, but kept my remarks to myself.
Ah yes, there is nothing like the unenviable opinion of lower lifeforms. I think I would have asked them if they were on crack?! But then again, given their canny observations, I would have already known the answer. There were some douche's present alright, but they weren't in the paintings. Sorry you had to suffer it, but that's what comes of trying to have a moment of quiet contemplation.
Posted by: Giric | October 09, 2012 at 17:00
Well, as you said, it may actually have been the correct answer to the question about the identity of the subject of the painting.
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Posted by: Mary McCaffery | October 11, 2012 at 20:06
Thank you for taking the time to say so, Mary. It is much appreciated. As for politics, well, I always say I'll vote for whomever promises to slash military spending and not invade other countries ... but, alas, no-one ever does so I remain one of the disenfranchised.
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