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@@@@@The Phoenix woman would then "get
an
@@@@@The Phoenix woman would then "get
an image," which she would relay to her
interlocutorsThe Argentinian, however, followed
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up his communings with brief, furious spates of
automatic writing with his remaining hand, a
process I saw as analogous to my paintings
And, as I say, I might have doubted a few of the
wilder anecdotes I ran across during my Internet
explorations, but I never doubted something was
happening to meEven without the picture of
Carson Jones, I think I would have believed it
Because of the quiet, mostlyExcept when Jack
dropped by, or when Wireman - ever closer - waved
and called "Buenos días, muchacho!" I saw no one
and spoke to no one but myselfThe extraneous
dropped away almost entirely, and when that
happens, you begin to hear yourself clearlyAnd
clear communication between selves - the surface
self and the deep self is what I mean - is the
enemy of self-doubt
But to be sure, I settled on what I told myself
was an experiment
iv
EFree19 to Pamorama667
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9:15 AM
January 24
Dear Pam: I have an unusual bequest for youI've
been painting, and the subjects are odd but kind
of fun (at least I think so)Easier to show you
what I mean than describe, so I will attach a
couple of jpegs to this e-mailI have been
thinking about those gardening gloves you used to
have, the ones that said HANDS on one glove and
OFF on the otherI would love to put those on a
sunsetDo NOT ask me why, these ideas just come
to meDo you still have them? And if you do,
would you send them to me? I will happily send
them back if you want
I'd just as soon you didn't share the pix with any
of the "old crowd Bozie in particular would
probably laugh like a look if he saw THESE things
Eddie
PS: If you don't feel good about sending the
gloves, perfectly O
This response came that evening, from a Pam who
was by then back home in StPaul:
Pamorama667 to EFree19
5:00 PM
January 24
Hello Edgar: Ilse told me about yr pictures of
course
They certainly are differentHopefully this hobby
will last longer than yr car restoration thingIf
not for eBay that old Mustang would still be
behind the house I thinkYr right about it being
an odd request but after looking at yr pix I can
sort of see what yr up-to (putting different
things together so people will look at them in new
ways, right) and I'm ready for a new pr anyway so
"knock yrself out |