I can picture you and Orrin trying to figure out that sneaky letter at camp… rather brilliant. Also, “Pompeii is a great place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there” gave me a chuckle this morning. I’m seeing it as a title for….. something?!
Agree with all about how well it all reads. I am obsessed with Mary Gabriel’s Ninth Street Women but this could be the next one to illustrate the love of a child’s perspective after their parent artists are gone. I love reading these!
Thank you! I think I need to clarify somewhere that my posts aren’t actually book chapters. I have a separate manuscript that I’m seeking to publish. My writing here is a continuation of my “excavation”. Of course, it’s possible some of this could get incorporated in my memoir…
Such an interesting story and that fresco on the postcard! It’s sent me off in search of information on The House of Mysteries and The Terrified Woman.
I can picture you and Orrin trying to figure out that sneaky letter at camp… rather brilliant. Also, “Pompeii is a great place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there” gave me a chuckle this morning. I’m seeing it as a title for….. something?!
Agree with all about how well it all reads. I am obsessed with Mary Gabriel’s Ninth Street Women but this could be the next one to illustrate the love of a child’s perspective after their parent artists are gone. I love reading these!
Thank you! I think I need to clarify somewhere that my posts aren’t actually book chapters. I have a separate manuscript that I’m seeking to publish. My writing here is a continuation of my “excavation”. Of course, it’s possible some of this could get incorporated in my memoir…
Just wonderful, Eliza.
I love this - the connection of pleasure as an intervention/ ideal in the art work of woman is a rich and deep connection- always timely. ❤️
What a lovely and multi-layered reflection.
What a labor of love! For Mimi, for yourself - putting these pieces together.
Such an interesting story and that fresco on the postcard! It’s sent me off in search of information on The House of Mysteries and The Terrified Woman.
Me too!😊
Loved this chapter, as always you write so well, but equally so because I went to Pompeii and was totally fascinated!