So maybe this might be one of my most important essays to date of all time,? The thought,… The will to life.

Why

So obviously life is the core principle. The desire to live, the desire to desire 1000 eternities, amor fati or the eternal recurrence as Nietzsche says,,, isn’t this the paramount?

So a big thought this morning, on why art matters.

So the first big idea is, at the end of the day… Once you got the Lambos, the Ferrari, whatever, then, what next? Art.

Who’s on top?

So a big thought on my mind is, if you distill it… Who matters the most? The artist, the art dealers, the galleries, the investors, the platform, who? The bloggers?

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by ERIC KIM

1) Photography isn’t “taking” — it’s

claiming

The camera is not a polite instrument. It’s a flag you plant into reality. Prince reminds me: the photograph is an assertion of power, not a request for permission.

2) The world is already a photograph

Billboards, Inst...

by ERIC KIM

1) Photography isn’t “taking” — it’s

claiming

The camera is not a polite instrument. It’s a flag you plant into reality. Prince reminds me: the photograph is an assertion of power, not a request for permission.

2) The world is already a photograph

Billboards, Inst...

By Eric Kim

Richard Prince detonated my brain.

Not because he “creates” in the traditional sense.

But because he exposed the game.

Here are 10 brutal lessons I’ve extracted.

1. Nothing Is Sacred

A Marlboro ad?

An Instagram selfie?

A pulp romance cover?

He takes it. Re-fr...