Five Things

"Terry Teachout" has posted the following querie:

(1) What book have you owned longest? The actual copy, I mean?
Gone With The Wind

(2) If you could wish a famous painting out of existence, what would it be?
This one is tough; I guess it would be something from Warhol. Just not a fan. (And I agree with Terry on the Campbell Soup Can monstrosity)


(3) If you had to live in a film, what would it be?
Pick only one? And good movies have such angst. Not sure anyone of them would be the ingredients for a good life. But, if I have to choose just one - no laughing please - Swiss Family Robinson.

(4) If you had to live in a song, what would it be?
"Shower The People" by James Taylor

(5) What's the saddest work of art you know? And does experiencing it make you similarly sad?
For some reason, whenever I see the Enstrom "Grace" portrait of the old man in prayer over his meager meal, I feel sad. He seems so lonely, so forgotten.