The ArtHoles podcast did a series on Caravaggio. Every time you think the story can’t get any crazier, it redoubles its craziness. There’s the plague, murders, prostitutes, corrupt cardinals, papal pardons, deadly duels, Maltese knights and, oh, some of the best artwork in history. What a (short) life he lived!
There’s a Paul Theroux short story about a defrocked priest who makes a living writing sermons for other priests. They would mail their chosen topic or occasion and include the payment, and he’d send them a beautifully written sermon that’d make them popular in their parishes. Now AI is coming for the correspondent-priest’s job!
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