Monday, November 24, 2003

Anne Truitt on psychological insecurity Here's another quotation from Anne Truitt's most recent book, Prospect: "...but I have learned that living with psychological insecurity is critical to psychological growth. For the greater the number of freely entertained different, mutually contradictory ideas, the greater the chance that their collision will strike a spark, ignite insight. And a house that is entirely secured is a prison." (p. 207) 4:50:48 PM    comment []

Anne Truitt on sculptures as prayer-flags I've been rereading the sculptor Anne Truitt's autobiographical trilogy. A line from the last book, Prospect, caught my eye this afternoon: "Transients wending our way on the earth, we press ephemeral marks on its resilient surface. We put up private 'prayer-flags' - in my case, sculptures." (p. 206) 4:48:41 PM    comment []