Origin
As usual, but first?
“Langdon had always enjoyed the challenge of modern art—primarily the exploration of why particular works were hailed as masterpieces: Jackson Pollock’s drip paintings; Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup cans; Mark Rothko’s simple rectangles of color.” Page 17.
Oh, oh, me! Me! Pick me, I can answer that one. Pollock’s drip paintings can be seen as narrative, and I know I felt Rothko’s painting, especially the New York ones in London — Tate Modern. I understand the challenge of modern art, but it takes an open mind, not too mired in previous beliefs. I enjoy some of the modernists. Dovetails perfectly with another book I started reading, about Georgia O’Keefe.
The opening section of the book, first hundred pages were laborious, other than the excitement I get from some “modern art.”
Further along, is it ok to like a computer? There was always Hal.
Nobody understands that joke anymore, “I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that right now.” 2001
Didn’t not make the cut.
Success is the ability to go
from one failure to another
with no loss of enthusiasm.
—WINSTON CHURCHILL
Page 427
As expected, a thrill ride, good to the last page.
Origin
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Origin: A Novel
