In a hotel in Chicago for another solo show and lecture. Sitting quietly before dawn drinking coffee,
reading The Ancient Book beginning my day.
I saw a fellow artist the other day, a writer, and told him my body was
wearying under the burden of artist. He
agreed but then said, “It’s what we do!”
“…and
to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own
business and work with your hands, just as we told you…”
Paul
in I Thessalonians
Betty
sleeps soundly in the other room. She’s
got the quiet life and I’ve got the work with your hands. I guess this “two shall become one” really
means, when your old it takes two to be one.
JJJ
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