OPINION: The art in the everyday

By Petrus Spronk
October 11 2017 - 8:30am
WHAT'S IN A NAME: The shoe is a composite of individual and unique parts. In naming these parts the humble shoe transcends to become something altogether different.
WHAT'S IN A NAME: The shoe is a composite of individual and unique parts. In naming these parts the humble shoe transcends to become something altogether different.

The other day while out for a walk I tripped over an unusual word. I picked it up and examined it. It seemed to have the right weight, excellent fragrance and good looks. In all, a fine word. When I read the word it said ‘quotidian’. Which means 'daily', trivial' and 'commonplace'.

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