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it in his work may well be that he finds himself living it out. For the artist, in short, nature often initiates art. Or, to change the cliché, when an artist holds up a mirror to nature he finds out who and what he is; but the knowledge may change him irredeemably so that he becomes that image.

A. Alvarez from "The Savage God" a study of suicide

April 11.72

Images American - Miscellaneous America

Flannery O'Connor once said "When I'm asked why Southern writers particularly have a penchant for writing about freakes I say it's because we are still able to recognize one."

p 21 N.Y.T. April 14 72

Its lofty appearance defies the sternness of autumn;

Its chase color surpasses the lush beauty of spring.

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from a painted fan; the quote is from a poem by Han Yii (768 - 824) Tang dynasty from the Chinese Calligraphy show at the Metropolitan.

April 18.72

...the perception of a growing estrangement from "real experience" and the "lived life" - vague terms for elusive but powerful feelings...

Bored, restless, and afraid, the people of the Unreal City are subliminally anxious to hear the saving Word but can only hear the comforting commonplace.

Flaubert - the Sentimental Education - FW Dupee

N Y Review of Books. April 22.71 - p 42