[New-Poetry] Poetic Justice

[Judy Prince]

Me trying to beat back awe and envy for your experiences, Robert!  Please
[don't ask me how] tell me what it was like to be standing there looking at
the Real Thing.
Judy

2008/11/2 robert e. watling jr. <rewatlingjr at comcast.net>

> On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:24:54 -0700, Judy Prince <
> jbalizsprince at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>  And I'm fascinated with the bold black calligraphic paintings of Franz
>> Kline, his reaction to Japanese brush writing-painting, which is a reaction
>> to Chinese brush writing-painting.  Kline's mother said about him and the
>> black paint [I'll have to paraphrase]:  "Just like Franz, always taking the
>> easy way."  One can only imagine what Rothko's mother would've said.
>>
>
> I recently went to the Art Museum in Portland, Oregon, my new home town. In
> one gallery I was continually drawn to a hulking black and white thing. I
> saw it everytime I turned a corner. I finally came to it in it's own time
> and it was Kline's Rue. I almost fell into it. Eventually, as I walked away
> from it, I found on a wall opposite a photograph by Annie Livovitz of Steve
> Martin in a white suit smeared with black. I gradually realized he was
> standing in front of that same painting. I looked at the photo, then over my
> shoulder at the painting and began to feel that I had been drawn into the
> continuum of the two. Later I found, through the wonder of the internet,
> that Martin had purchased the painting. Probably no one cares about any of
> this but your post reminded me of the experience and I am glad to be
> remembering it.
>
> Robert E. Watling
>
> --
> "Cogito ergo...how does that go again?"...rewjr.
>
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