June 2025

April 2005: A shaft of bamboo that curves, probably an
‘absurdity itself, though with the Japanese brush
‘an easy picture ~ after you’ve done the strokes
‘a hundred times.

January 2004: AN ALGEBRA OF LIFE, AS MYSTICAL AS SHOVELS AND SPADES AND JUST AS PRACTICAL.
NO UNKNOWNS ALLOWED

April 2005: I can see at least three swimmers in this little
5×7 painting, one of my favorites.

April 2005: The newspaper ad asks the question which
must take the prize for outstanding stupidity,
at least in this context.

April 2005: 501 ~ Huehuecoyotll, meaning Old Man Coyote,
‘was a favorite figure in pre-Colombian Mexico,
and he looks to me ike a story by Uncle Remus
(see Joel Chandler Harris).

April 2005: 474 – Huehuecoyotl, the Aztecs called him, To us he’s Wiley
Coyote. Too clever to be caught.

April 2005: Using a stick of graphite, one of a dozen quick
outlines of a model’s body.

April 2005: 451 No symbol, but a stable form you
‘cannot upset or taunt to anger or tease
‘to change. A most steady image.

April 2005: Hands that beg, hands that fear, hands of creat,
the human’s touch

January 2004: OUT OF THE DARK
THAT COVERS US,
OUT OF THE INFINITE.
THAT GAVE US BIRTH
WE SENSE A LOOMING
POWER: OUR GIFT
OF IMAGINATION.