An errant muse

"I would especially like to recourt the Muse of poetry, who ran off with the mailman four years ago, and drops me only a scribbled postcard from time to time."


John Updike

Sentiments on love

"I don't think I'll ever know Bruce, but he's mine, and he's a beauty."


Susan Rothenberg on her husband, Bruce Nauman, The New Yorker [June 1, 2009]

A Medium of Ideas

The other day, I asked a girl I work with about her art. She said, "I want to work in a medium of ideas."

Responds to "Xerxes"

Corgi Guests

"Morgan can stay over too. We usually put our corgis in the Florida room."


My good friend Liz McInnes

Duchampian Nonsense

"Conclusion: after many efforts in view of the comb, what a shame! all the furriers have left and they mean rice."


Marcel Duchamp, [1915].

From my personal files

Dear Elizabeth:

On behalf of ___________, I would like to thank you for your interest in the curatorial internship. Although your application showed you to be most qualified for this position, we have received many more applications that we could anticipate. We simply did not have the opportunity to consider them all.

Best wishes to you,

Sincerely,

___________
Intern