▁in ▁Art ▁issues , ▁artist , ▁critic , ▁and ▁cur ator ▁Alex i ▁W orth ▁wrote ▁that ▁Hum ph rey : ▁" set ▁out ▁to ▁write ▁the ▁kind ▁of ▁criticism ▁he ▁wanted ▁to ▁read . ▁He ▁would ▁pick ▁three ▁shows , ▁not ▁necessarily ▁the ▁ones ▁he ▁liked ▁best , ▁but ▁ones ▁from ▁which ▁he ▁thought ▁he ▁could ▁te ase ▁' a ▁little ▁them atic ▁arc .' ▁Each ▁column , ▁in ▁other ▁words , ▁would ▁be ▁both ▁an ▁idea ▁talk ▁and ▁a ▁gallery ▁walk ; ▁the ▁idea ▁was ▁to ▁integrate ▁the ▁two , ▁to ▁re connect ▁ideas ▁and ▁objects . ▁In ▁the ▁face ▁of ▁so ▁much ▁f aux ▁empir ic ism , ▁he ▁wanted ▁to ▁keep ▁in ▁mind ▁the ▁way ▁artists ▁speak ▁in ▁one ▁another ' s ▁stud ios ." ▁ ▁The ▁short ▁ess ay ▁" Des cri b able ▁Beaut y " ▁( 1 9 9 6 ) ▁is ▁characteristic ▁of ▁his ▁perspective ▁as ▁both ▁an ▁artist ▁and ▁critic . ▁In ▁it ▁he ▁writes ▁about ▁a ▁change able ▁definition ▁of ▁beauty ▁for ▁contemporary ▁art : ▁" I ' m ▁tempt ed ▁to ▁go ▁against ▁the ▁artist ▁in ▁me ▁that ▁arg ues ▁against ▁words ▁and ▁throw ▁a ▁definition ▁into ▁the ▁black ▁hole ▁of ▁beauty ▁definitions ; ▁that ▁beauty ▁is ▁psych ed el ic , ▁a ▁der ang ement ▁of ▁recognition , ▁a ▁flash ▁of ▁insight ▁or ▁pul se ▁of ▁laugh ter ▁out ▁of ▁a ▁t angle ▁of ▁sens ation ; ▁analog ic ▁or ▁mag ical ▁thinking ▁embedded ▁in ▁the ▁r anging ▁icon ography ▁of