The joke works on a lot of levels. "Gnomon" means "one in the know," which is clever about art and about my financial mojo, but it also means something perpendicular, something that sticks out. Everything in the world, you will observe, ultimately pays homage to my erection. I imagine Miranda as a vigorous Swiss blonde with a skier’s legs, but she won’t tell me and she laughs when I offer to fly her in.