Over the weekend, I was reading Arthur Koestler’s book, The Act of Creation, and I was struck by the koan-like quality of the following story, which Koestler says is true: An art dealer (this story is authentic) bought a canvas signed “Picasso” and travelled all the way to Cannes to discover whether it was genuine. Picasso was working in his …
My Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life
