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Artist: Okay, you’ll love my next installation.
Artist: I will travel to natural wonders. Mountain ranges, waterfalls, all that Ansel Adams stuff. Truly magnificent places, wrought by the hand of God.

Artist: Then, at night, using a powerful flashlight and a long-exposure camera, I will apply my signature to each one.
Artist: I’ll start small, but eventually graduate to a million-candlepower spotlight operated from a hot air balloon. I will sign entire countries.

Artist: Moving along a carefully orchestrated path, and wearing a GPS tracker, I will sign all the world’s great landscapes.
Artist: Then, at the conclusion of my journey, I will plot my path on a globe and reveal that I have signed the entire planet.

Artist: I think it could really make quite a statement!
Woman: A statement.
Artist: Yes…! Can the earth really be claimed, be owned, by man? And if so, why should that man not be me

{{header: float over WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: There are people out there who love to create amazing works of art in the service of no worthwhile idea. Mostly they work in advertising.}}

#790; One Masterpiece after Another transcribed by in

Artist: Okay, you’ll love my next installation.
Artist: I will travel to natural wonders. Mountain ranges, waterfalls, all that Ansel Adams stuff. Truly magnificent places, wrought by the hand of God.

Artist: Then, at night, using a powerful flashlight and a long-exposure camera, I will apply my signature to each one.
Artist: I’ll start small, but eventually graduate to a million-candlepower spotlight operated from a hot air balloon. I will sign entire countries.

Artist: Moving along a carefully orchestrated path, and wearing a GPS tracker, I will sign all the world’s great landscapes.
Artist: Then, at the conclusion of my journey, I will plot my path on a globe and reveal that I have signed the entire planet.

Artist: I think it could really make quite a statement!
Woman: A statement.
Artist: Yes…! Can the earth really be claimed, be owned, by man? And if so, why should that man not be me

{{header: float over WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: There are people out there who love to create amazing works of art in the service of no worthwhile idea. Mostly they work in advertising.}}

#790; One Masterpiece after Another transcribed by in

Artist: Okay, you'll love my next installation.
Artist: I will travel to natural wonders. Mountain ranges, waterfalls, all that Ansel Adams stuff. Truly magnificent places, wrought by the hand of God.

Artist: Then, at night, using a powerful flashlight and a long-exposure camera, I will apply my signature to each one.
Artist: I'll start small, but eventually graduate to a million-candlepower spotlight operated from a hot air balloon. I will sign entire countries.

Artist: Moving along a carefully orchestrated path, and wearing a GPS tracker, I will sign all the world's great landscapes.
Artist: Then, at the conclusion of my journey, I will plot my path on a globe and reveal that I have signed the entire planet.

Artist: I think it could really make quite a statement!
Woman: A statement.
Artist: Yes...! Can the earth really be claimed, be owned, by man? And if so, why should that man not be me

{{header: float over WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: There are people out there who love to create amazing works of art in the service of no worthwhile idea. Mostly they work in advertising.}}

There are people out there who love to create amazing works of art in the service of no worthwhile idea. Mostly they work in advertising.

#790; One Masterpiece after Another

  — January 19th, 2012

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(Continued from In which the World is a Masterpiece)

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Applications open for Genius Northwest – an IRL gaming competition

May 8, 2026 by David Malki !

Last year, I participated in Genius Northwest, a gaming competition inspired by the Korean gameshow The Genius and its ilk.

It’s a reality show without the cameras — a 3-day, all-inclusive weekend retreat structured around a series of challenges and puzzles, in which personalities and dealmaking matter as much as playing games.

It’s truly a remarkable thing. I came in dead last in the competition, but I still had a great time participating.

The event is held annually in the Pacific Northwest (hence the name) and applications are now open to participate in the 2026 competition!

Learn more — and apply — at GeniusNW.com.


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