Gulley Jimson and I used to be best friends, even though he is made-up. Wayward human and color appreciator,he is a main character in Joyce Cary's novel trilogy,one of my favorites. Irish Joyce Cary studied to be a painter, served in the British military and civil service in West Africa (where I grew up). William Blake, intoxicating painting, a complete devotion to color and the creative passion, and a disregard for pennies and those without appetites - how could I not acknowledge these roots?
Monday, November 28, 2005
Getting Lost
I’ve been reading Rebecca Solnit’s new book. One reviewer wrote that when reading this, at times the reader gets lost in ways that Solnit never intended. Well, I like the quote Solnit uses from Daniel Boone. When asked if he had ever been lost, he answered, No, but I was confused once for three days.
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