Deadlines kept me from heading back to the Brooklyn Flea Market again this weekend, alas. But I’m finally getting a chance to sift through all the business cards I picked up and had to share with you my favorite vendor: GinFor’s Odditiques. You may have seen a portrait of proprietor Forrest Poston on the cover of yesterday’s New York Times Styles section, looking every bit the philosophy-prof- turned-pottery-dealer extraordinaire that he is. After generously debriefing my friends and I on the splendors of the West German ceramic tradition–a jaw-dropping exuberance of color and form, a breadth of creative expression, etc.–Forrest handed me two business cards:
1) one for his carefully curated online shop, which showcases the many pieces in his inventory and includes oodles of helpful background info for budding collectors of the genre..
2) and one with a link to his riveting and humorous essays on philosophy, teaching, and life. Which makes us love his pieces all the more. Buy yourself one and raise your I.Q. a few notches in one fell swoop.
–Jen Renzi
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Forrest D. Poston | 21-Apr-08 at 2:33 pm | Permalink
Wow, if only Trebay had been as positive and precise in his comments. Many thanks.
I do want to officially point out that my teaching field is English, even though my students often commented that they couldn’t tell if it was English, philosophy, or psychology. They’re all different approaches to the same thing anyway, and it’s in the intersections that the most fun happens.
Again, thanks for the great comments, even if I’m late in finding them. I do hope to make another trip to Brooklyn in late May, probably the 18th.
Forrest