14 August 2008

Lost to history

Once upon a time, some 25 years ago, Rico was still married, had dreams of doing interesting things with his life, and decided to try publishing. Didn't work, but in some old papers Rico recently rediscovered a splendid notion that didn't happen: the Oriental Arts Quarterly. Envisioned as a large (like twelve inches) square magazine (hey, Rico's always been a little different), the dummy for the ninth issue (always thinking ahead; there weren't the first eight, either) had these proposed articles:
Tattoos in Ukiyo-e
The Celadon Horsemen of the Fourth Dynasty
Carvers of the Hakka Boatmen
Swords of the Minawara
The Brush of Miyamoto Musashi
along with the usual magazine sections of Auction Notes, Letters, the Quarterly Object, Classifieds, and an advertiser's index (with the full intention, of course, of having lots of them)

Rico says it's all gone down the tubes of time, now, of course, but isn't it sweet to think so... (And anyone wishing to fund the founding of same, please email Rico with your offer; a million bucks, say, oughta do it.)

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