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> No flourish was too much

Well, that's an uninformative title!

It's about the life and work of the 19th C painter Tissot.

It's good for HN readers to have to work a little. Not too often, and not too much—but enough to interrupt the reflexive circuits.

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

Thank you! I spent a wonderful hour reading things you wrote and linked to. All admirably sensible and insightful, as usual.

"The most interesting writing is that which does not quite satisfy the reader. Try and leave a little thinking for him; that will be better for both. The trouble with most writers is, they spread too thin. The reader is as quick as they; has got there before, and is ready and waiting. A little guessing does him no harm, so I would assist him with no connections. If you can see how the harness fits, he can. But make sure that you see it." – Emerson, in Talks With Ralph Waldo Emerson

https://archive.org/details/cu31924014317105/page/n39/mode/2...

I was expecting an analysis on the UX failure of flat design and the reversal to skeumorphism.
From the London Review of Books?
I didn’t know who’s behind the lrb.co.uk domain.