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éminence grise

"éminence grise" (literally, "gray eminence") was the sobriquet of Père Joseph (1577–1638), the Capuchin monk who served as secretary to Cardinal Richelieu, Chief Minister under Louis XIII. Richelieu's ambition for French domination of Europe aligned neatly with Joseph's hope to convert European Protestants to Roman Catholicism. Joseph's nickname came from the color of his cloak—and from the fact that Richelieu himself was known as the Éminence Rouge (Red Eminence). The term "éminence grise" came to mean a loyal confidant of any powerful individual, but recently the word has alternately come to mean a respected senior member within a field or profession (the gray in this case perhaps alluding to the color of an elder's hair)."

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Open Cube at White Cube Mason's Yard

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LT-GRRF + BESSSHIRT

The firm then launched two brands: a premium label called LT-GRRF and a second more mainstream one called BESSSHIRT, sold exclusively on the Internet. LT-GRFF refers to Luthai’s mascot, the griffin, while BESSSHIRT is a portmanteau of best and shirt.

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Incontinentia Pigmenti

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Shopper Marketing: a poem

Buy! With feeling. A driver. A trigger. Unexpected down the aisle like a tiger hidden in the bush of your local retailer. Buy! Buy more! With feeling.

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Autosarcophagy:

a much more difficult way to say self-cannibalism

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For that feral feeling

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You’re doing the backstroke in a sea of negativity kid.

G.J.

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“There is in my apartment a door that I had never noticed until now.

Frank Kafka according to Leos Carax

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Art for art’s sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.

Cao Yu

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