6″ x 8″
Autodidact: a self-taught person. To teach oneself. Happily bringing this word more into my vocabulary, thanks to Tim Hyman for reminding me of it. And according to Webster’s online, “Autodidact” rhymes with: cutthroat contract, matter-of-fact, and semi-abstract. So it does.
And thanks to Frankie for telling me last night that the etymology of “autopsy” is to see for oneself.
For Frankie:
This drawing smells like lamb
I can see it
flexing muscles
with duck confit
yelling in a cafe
Garçon? Garçon!
You, sir, are radically autodidactic. See for yourself.
[Kristen: the waiter shouts back at the ominous gray sky: Magret du canard!]