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Clementius Stupnagel di Montefalcone: the saga of a smart artist (smartast)
Chapter 8« What kind of artist are you ? » says CSM. DeGoonik replies :
« Expressionist, and you ? ». CSM is taken back by this question, but remembers the two drawings he made, and the impression the second one made on the Grosshandels, so he answers « Impressionist ». « Good boy, keep it up » says deGoonik as he enters the express IRT train (CSM is waiting for the local). At the New School, CSM turns out to be a less-than-average pupil except in drawing and painting (termed « artwork » in the New School jargon). Every six months, the school organizes an exposition of the « artworks » of the pupils and at the first such exposition during his stay in this school, CSM exhibits his painting named « Rollercoaster ».
This masterpiece, which was stolen years later from the Liggett Center of Manufactured Art in Chicago during an exhibition , constitutes a vivid, condensed form of the impressions of the artist during his birth. The rollercoaster, which ressembles, and is later termed, « Car » is probably his mother’s womb, which, by the mastery of the artist’s subtle paintbrush strokes, is transformed into a swan’s stomach wherein is seen an iridescent pearl. Lest we forget : this work of art was created by a six or seven year old boy.
This masterpiece, which was stolen years later from the Liggett Center of Manufactured Art in Chicago during an exhibition , constitutes a vivid, condensed form of the impressions of the artist during his birth. The rollercoaster, which ressembles, and is later termed, « Car » is probably his mother’s womb, which, by the mastery of the artist’s subtle paintbrush strokes, is transformed into a swan’s stomach wherein is seen an iridescent pearl. Lest we forget : this work of art was created by a six or seven year old boy. vendredi 5 février 2010
Clementius Stupnagel di Montefalcone: the saga of a smart artist (smartast)
Chapter 7
The New York Subway is a fascinating place, especially for meeting real characters. One day, after having observed CSM’s ballet act
to recover peanuts, a man with a straw hat named Mr. Wilhelm deGoonik comes up to CSM and asks him where is he going. CSM replies: « To school, where else ? », so Mr. deGoonik compliments him : « Good boy, but what are you doing in a subway station?». To this question CSM answers « I’m waiting for the next train to take me to school and eating peanuts in the meantime».
« You ought to be careful with peanut vendors» says deGoonik. «Why ? » asks CSM. «Because everybody puts their filthy hands in the opening » says deGoonik. At this moment, CSM takes a look at deGoonik’s hands and notices that they are full of paint, of many colors. « You mean hands like yours ? » says CSM. « No, my hands are those of an artist », says DeGoonik.
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Clementius Stupnagel di Montefalcone: the saga of a smart artist (smartast)
Chapter sixIt was in the subway that CSM learned how to cope with the hunger that was taking a toll on his family (mother making a meager living again as a maid, father spending all the money at the racetracks). Being quite small, he was unable to attain the peanut vending machine
glass spheres of the subway stations by himself, so he asked help from other passengers who hoisted him up to the required level.
The glass sphere gave way to a metallic opening with a hatch, and within this opening there would always be a few peanuts
left which could be recovered for free. After a little practice, CSM wasable to recover about ten peanuts a day and thus avoid dying from hunger. With this very nourishing supplement to his normally-meager diet, he rapidly grew and was able to attain the peanut vendor opening without the help of other passengers, but by means of a folding contraption that he invented and carried around with him.
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