shoes

I have drawn him new shoes. According to Erica, last time I drew him "bordeelsluipers" (brothel creepers). I did not, they were brogues. Now I have drawn him loafers. It suddenly dawned on me that he wears loafers. An illustrator must know everything, even about shoes. In Don DeLillo's novel Underworld, Nick, the narrator, is sent to Jesuit school. His teacher asks him to name the parts of his boots. Nick fails to mention the tongue. "You didn't see the thing because you don't know how to look. And you don't know how to look because you don't know the names."
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