Appurtenance

By Deane Barker • • tags: definition •

Definition: an accessory, or something subordinate to something else

Why I Looked It Up

From The Real Work:

He drew his kids, beautifully, but without their AirPods and iPhones and Vitaminwaters. Why not draw as a novelist might write, with all the appurtenances and accessories of this time?

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This book annoyed the hell out of me. This is another book that doesn’t really describe anything in any objective sense. Rather, it’s a…"meditation” on something. It comes off feeling indulgent and narcissistic. The writer jumps around. He talks about how he tried to master drawing, then he goes...