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or to allow myself the right to my own poetry: to believe in my ideas on art - ideas slowly evolved from years on Kauai, at Hana, at Hawi, or to follow a Kuniyoshi, a Sternberg-Orozco credo of composition- technique. And then, late in the afternoon I painted - not a picture of plantation life with figures, not a still life, but a picture of morning and a reef. And I felt well again. 11/4 Met Betty Chinn [[end page]] [[start page] 11/11- First, about my trip to Maine - Marblehead in the moonlight - a [[strikethrough]] well [[/strikethrough]] harbor well-stocked with houses - Maine - The rolling hills of yellow. The coastal plains, and the cold air. The red sun setting. Waldoboro on a Sat. nite, & Pemaquid Pt. in the very cold air. 11 [[strikethrough]] if [[/strikethrough]] The reception at the Whitney. "Mrs. Force: don't go to the dealers. Let them [[strikethrough]] make the [[/strikethrough]] come to you." At least I have made a N.Y. show with the important artists of today. I dare say my painting stood up quite well. So why the hell am I only half-confident of my work!