Against the black lacquer ground and palladium finish, the lines read as structure and shadow present, tactile, geometrically consistent, but without the warmth or immediacy of the gold versions
The examples of Garcia, Cash, and Dylan offer a real-world perspective, reminding us that even less harmful substances like marijuana can have lasting impacts on a singers most precious instrument: their voice
All this calls to mind the purveyors of journalistic transgression of a previous generation, journalists like Jayson Blair, the New York Times reporter on a rocketing rise in the early 2000s who was brought down by his own fabulism and plagiarism, including, as I showed in The Gray Lady Winked , by making up stories about American servicemen coming back from Iraq emotionally broken
Similarly, in some ports, bring a pool towel from the ship with you, versus renting a towel on the beach