2 more imperfect postcards from mary randolph carter (& a note from l.b.)

"Landscape: Another 25-cent junk painting that

has that look of Fall in the American countryside.

Still life of table: From my junk master's

collection--it reminded me of Thanksgiving."

mrc

mary randolph carter included

the above in her original notes for

the postcards series. i've been

thinking about art a lot lately,

and maybe the reason it took

so long to publish these is that

i needed them to remind me

that art is not easy to define

and harder, still, to qualify.

louise bourgeois just arrived

in the mail, via a suggestion

from david john at yhbhs.

here's what she said on p. 91:

"If I am asked what I want to

express, then this makes more

sense. At that point there is a

mystery we can at least talk

about, since for a lifetime I have

wanted to say the same thing..."