Pure Art Review 3

THE WISDOM OF THE AGES
Some things are just worth knowing. And some things are just unknowable. But are they worth knowing if they are unknowable? We'll never know. With age comes wisdom and with the Ages comes an accumulated back log of ever increasing knowledge. It just keeps piling up like the dirty dishes in the sink which I will get to as soon as I finish writing this. I promise. But back to the problem at hand. What to do with all this knowledge? One could rake over and over it like we've been doing for generations trying to glean from the author the wisdom he's laid out for you in plain sight. Or you could, as we have done here, take at random two samples of aged wisdom and cross reference them to arrive at an all new understanding. Or maybe you would rather just sit there and stare off into space as you are probably right now. You make the call.

When You Are Your Own Enemy, We Can Have A Nation Without Crime
The Decameron set-up: Andre loves Gabby, she tells him a dream and he tells her another. He suddenly dies in her arms and while she and her servant are carrying him to his house the are arrested by the police. She refused to remain in the world and becomes a nun.

The Meditations punchline comentary: It is thy duty to leave another man's wrongful act there where it is.

The Pure Art Review Distilation: The truth is when buying bottled water, look carefully at the bottle cap to see if the seal is still intact. And if you are wondering, it's Smokey Bear not Smokey the Bear; an act of Congress clarified this point.

Rhythm Birth Control Made Clear
The Decameron set-up: Simona loves Paquino. they are together in a garden and Pasquino rubs a leaf of sage on his teeth and falls dead. While explaining to the judge how Pasquino died, she rubs one of the same leaves on her teeth and dies too.

The Meditations punchline comentary: All things which participate in anything which is common to them all move towards that which is of the same kind with themselves. Everything that is earthly turns to the earth, everything which is liquid flows together and everything which is of an aerial kind does the same.

The Pure Art Review Distilation: The truth is that the words 'best' and 'cheapest' don't often go together. Remember, never interrupt and never contradict. Never make remarks about the food. After leaving the table, do not return.... ever.

Living With That Skin Trouble Of Yours
The Decameron set-up: Lodovico tells Beatrice of his love for her, she sends her husband into the garden disguised as herself and lies with Lodovico who afterwards goes and beats Eagan the husband.

The Meditations punchline comentary: If a man is mistaken, instruct him kindly and show him his error. But if thou art not able, blame thyself, or blame not even thyself.

The Pure Art Review Distilation: The truth is, when traveling with multiple electronic devices, you can easily confuse all the accessories that come with them.

ALL CONTENTS Š2008 JOHN A ADAMS