[…] Three drops of blood plopped out of his left nostril, hardened instantly in the brittle air and lay before his eyes on the prayer-mat, transformed into rubies. Lurching back until he knelt with his head once more upright, he found that the tears which had sprung to his eyes had solidified, too; and at that moment, as he brushed diamonds contemptuously from his lashes, he resolved never again to kiss earth for any god or man. […]
Salman Rushdie, “Midnight’s Children,” 1981
offseen publications:
BURGEONING
“Burgeoning” is a dynamic descriptor frequently used in the field of agricultural economics, referring to the rapid surge in crop yields or livestock herds, akin to bamboo shoots after rain. It also points to two distinct models of proliferation in
Paul Goesch & Matthias Noggler
The Kunstverein für Mecklenburg und Vorpommern in Schwerin presents an intergenerational duo exhibition, bringing together the work of the Schwerin-born artist and architect Paul Goesch (1885–1940) with that of Austrian painter Matthias Noggler (*1990). Rather than taking a biographical approach,
