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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Things I see

I love Jason Polan's drawings in the Times' Things I Saw section.

Polan sees things ranging from the downright cute to the whimsical. He never sees anything banal or gross.

That's primarily because he restricts his viewings to the borough of Manhattan and that too the best parts of Manhattan, where you are not only most likely to see pretty people, but also their pretty geegaws.

I imagine a drying up of Polan's inspiration were he to stroll the sidewalks and streets of the Bronx. What would he see?

Based on my personal viewing experience, the object he is bound to stumble upon on a daily basis is this:


On a more rare occasion the above might reappear in this form:


Worthy of being drawn Mr. Polan?

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