NormAl and Vin: opposite
Albrecht "The Dancing Arse" Durer, also known as a German painter and engraver, liked fine foods as Vince "Do these look painted on?" van Gogh enjoyed the complex flavours of potatoes. The past is and History is a construct. The Prancing Farce, or just plain Al, had a social standing as Vin had none, as Al was into new techniques (woodcuts and engravings) Vin was into new subjects (boots and sunflowers in a vase and a chair and roots). Whereas Al abandons colour Vin embraces colour. In general Dancing Al stands on one leg with his arm in the air and his tongue at right angles to his index finger, more interested in socializing than facing another night alone with himself (and Vin), Al would hop to the disco district to look for trouble with drunken clowns; Al could handle himself. He came to be known as The Dancing Assassin for his balletic ritual of fighting, he would chasse around his victim and pick off punches willy-nilly as his increasingly distraught drunkard would slowly collapse under the spell of the man they called The Pouncing Stiletto. It was after all Vin who had dubbed him so, a man with no small reputation himself. It was a repute earned through the meticulous flower arranging he did whilst in a work-for-the-dole scheme. His Job Network facilitators remember fondly his violent outbursts. Outbursts that were directed at the wall with a bucket of paint, a hand shovel and a hatful of arseholes. From now on in, when and if you do look at the work of Vin, remember and bear in mind Al. The two go hand in hand down the river for picnics, and a romantic evening in a boat as the water shimmers under the light of the shivery moon, with a couple of ladies each, at least a couple - more likely ten sisters from the circus under each arm, and they both had at least two arms.
