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“The real poet studies the world as it is: lovely, terrible, sensible, grotesque; and would ask for no other in its place. Humor is the final sign and seal of seriousness for it is a proof that reality is held in honor and in love.”  
-- Mark van Doren

 

 

Artful jesters interpret the world from a different slant, a view inspired by Thalia, the benevolent muse of humor. Their view is typically ironic, witty, often contentious and chiefly provocative.

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