Every day, and every night, women and men are being paid for sex here in Paris. This is because the April 14 2016 law which fines those that pay for sex, is not working. “I am the owner of my apartment,” one female prostitute says, “so let the law prove that a man having […]
Say ‘Paris’ to folks and they think … Think what? Garlicky snails: oh how horrible? The Can-Can: rather vulgar? The Eiffel Tower: oh how wonderful? And then there are those who think: paintings … sculptures … For paintings there are the museums of the Louvre, Orsay, Montmartre etc etc etc. For sculptures, there […]
Walking through the Louvre museum I always come to a halt when a thought comes into my head. The thought is a calculation. I always try to imagine the combined value of the works of art around me. I never can: there are not enough numbers in my head to do such a calculation. On […]