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about fumiste
Foy (aka fumiste) is a writer probably first and foremost but almost all his life, as well as writing stuff, he has also sketched--not kidding about almost all his life, starting at 5 years old he did both. Later he took to shooting photos, at one time working as both cartoonist (for Cape Cod Register and NY's Downtown Magazine) and news photog (for the Register). You can check out his writing stuff on georgefoy.com.
Websites are narcissistic by definition and visitors should know that Foy does not think he's the fucking cat's pajamas; on the other hand, he does what he does, whether in first or third person, and what he does is try to figure out the world in words and images and there ain't no point in doing that if you don't show it to anyone or get it out there, as good as you can make it. Hence these pages, which he will try to refresh periodically. ...
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A note on "fumiste": it's a French term, the Anglo definition of which falls somewhere in the general area of slacker, fuck-off, dreamer, and someone who despite appearances manages to pull it off (whatever "it" is) at the last minute. It was the term most often applied to Foy by teachers, parents, and adults generally throughout his largely misspent school years. The "fumistes," historically speaking, were a faction of the Club des Hydropathes, a group of writers and artists founded in Paris in 1878. The club had three main goals: to celebrate and perform the arts, in particular writing; to raise hell, especially if doing so tore down bourgeois convention; and to drink alcohol -- the term "hydropathe" meaning "he who detests water." The club's first HQ was on the corner of Rue Cujas and Blvd. St. Michel, square in the middle of fumiste's Parisian neighb.
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