A few days ago I introduced you to the inordinate power you as a reader have in this little corner of the Internet. I gave the case of a kindly reader who left a generously positive comment on some pictures posted in this space, adding that they preferred the realistic pictures.
As tempting as it was to launch into an exhaustive digression about what exactly constitutes "realistic", I instead converted their comment into a vote, tabulated thusly:
Votes for realistic pictures:
01
Votes for abstract pictures:
00
Then I demanded a recount because the whole thing seemed fishy. After a recount the results looked like this:
Votes for realistic pictures:
01
Votes for abstract pictures:
00
"This can't be right!" I exclaimed, and hired lawyers. The lawyers took it to court, but then they quit because all the judges threatened to disbar them.
Then the whole thing started to feel very familiar. I got a very sick feeling in my tummy. And I decided I better go ahead and put in a whole bunch of realistic pictures.
So that's what I did!
It went okay.
But then after awhile I thought "Hey, doesn't second place deserve something too?" So I consulted the voting one more time, now accepting it as legitimate. It read as follows:
Votes for realistic pictures:
01
Votes for abstract pictures:
00
Abstract pictures came in close second, only one puny vote away from first place!
I felt sorry for it. So I thought it would be nice to give it a day of its own.
This is that day!
Brace your eyes majority.
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I do prefer realism, usually. And I'd like to introduce you to a Minneapolis artist who used to work in my department. His work is nothing like yours, and yet I find myself thinking that a lot of it is much like some of yours. If you're interested, here's a link.
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