Story time. I fell in love with the Magic in ‘96, when I was 10. There was something about the jerseys, sure. But mainly I idolised @Iam1Cent. I covered my room in his posters, bought his jerseys with my lawn mowing money. I dreamed of one day watching a game in Orlando.
@TheGhostOfGeert You’re literally one of the calmest, most thoughtful voices on Magic Twitter lmao. I get RK got a lot of flack lately and maybe not all of it was deserved, but this is ridiculous 😅
If this post makes you want to see that work by Jean Fouquet in real life, you can check it out at the KMSKA in Antwerp — just around the corner from where I work!
Today is #VEDay: did you know the famous V-sign was actually proposed by Belgian politician Victor de Laveleye in 1941 as it stood for Victoire in French and Vrijheid in Dutch. The sign was picked up by Churchill.