British writer and creative director Raven Smith is a keen and hilarious observer of modern life. He’s turned his penchant for witty turns of phrase and pop cultural critique into much-liked Instagram captions, column inches for Vogue, and 2020’s “Trivial Pursuits,” his bestselling collection of essays. Raven contributed an essay on his love of British painter David Hockney as part of Literally, our slowly expanding library of written commissions by some of the best writers in the world.