Day 1,381: shambles

His Liberal Democratic Party (ldp) has ruled with only two brief interruptions since 1955; the main opposition parties are a shambles.

Japan’s prime minister has recovered from a rough patch

Artwork of the day 
Harmony of Opposites
Victor Pasmore
Date: 1986
Style: Abstract Expressionism
Genre: abstract

Word of the day 
shambles: a state of confusion, bad organization, or untidiness, or something that is in this state

Quote of the day
“What's any artist, but the dregs of his work? the human shambles that follows it around. What's left of the man when the work's done but a shambles of apology.”
― William Gaddis, The Recognitions