Ronald Searle's 1973 lithograph Bloomsday is Joycean in name only. It is an urban parable featuring an unruly horde of men in business suits fleeing madly at the appearance of a perfect rose over the business district. Searle wants us to remember how to appreciate nature, beauty, and simplicity, things that don't necessarily have a monetary value.
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| Ronald Searle Bloomsday, 1973, edition of 99 |
In Blog Post 1400, I chose Bloomsday 2016 as the day I would endeavor to attain my goal of reaching 1,000,000 page views. It didn't happen. Instead I'm at about 769,000, which is more or less where I really expected to be by now. That's just fine with me. I suppose I could reset the million-view goal for a later date, but I no longer see the point. The blog is pretty much what I want it to be already, and whether I entice viewers here en masse through social media seems relatively unimportant. Put another way, it's time to stop and smell the roses.
Note: Click the aqua link for more posts about Ronald Searle and then ask yourself how I don't have a million page views yet.
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