Altho the October brown is not yet here, there are hints of the November grey, with its pale sun and southeast train whistle.
Try to work on “Great Elm" but to no avail – Remount “Village by a Mountain-side” – Late P.M. to Woodlawn at Lake Ave. to meet girls...
"...“I want to paint -.” “Oh” he said “you want to be an artist. You’re crazy too like some of the rest of us?” It did me more good than anything I have had yet since I came up..."
P.M. B + C + I [Bertha, Catherine] (and Pal) Driving to country east of Marilla.
Work on “April Snow- / Dense fog – oppressive humid weather — depressing. / P.M. to Buffalo – (Bank clerk describing the Dodgers-Yankee game of the day before) – / To Coppins – unable to get Titanium white (gov’t priority!) / Get frames.
Things to watch in my work—
On coming to New York I grow dead to everything—
Letter to Jack about “Woodpecker,” but with grave doubts as to the wisdom of so doing –
One of the objections to the Biblical explanation of God and the universe, is that it quiets curiosity...
All the time I kept trying to think of a phrase from the “Constant Nymph” and suddenly it came to me – “The Silver Sty” – only this sty was platinum or uranium plated! And shutters ran through me.