You Are Not Dead, Yet.

Yosef Malouf loved surrealist art and often tried to mimic and incorporate surrealist and dada themes into his interactions with others.

For instance, whenever he met someone new he would pull out his pipe, light it and boldly declare that his pipe was “not a pipe,” echoing the famous painting by René Magritte.

Yet, as far as anyone could tell, his pipe was very real—but during his whole life, he would not let anyone else touch or inspect it.

Yosef is dead.