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Forest no II (collage) 1954 (1965) Self Portrait — Ca Continuum — (Alphonso Ossorio) "Right Bird Left" 70x135 (new painting) [[crossed out paragraph]] Painting in which matter & spirit - inner-spirit & outer-matter are inseperable if as miraculous as any natural phenomen in which [[/crossed out paragraph]] Painting, for me, when it really "happens" is as miraculous as any natural phenomenon - as, say, a lettuce leaf. By "happens", I mean the painting in which the inner aspect of man and his outer aspects interlock - One could go on forever as to whether the paint should be thick or thin, whether to paint the woman or the square, hard-edge or soft, but after a while such questions become a bore. They are merely problems in aesthetics, having only to do with the outer man. But the painting I have in mind, painting in which inner & outer are inseperable, transcends technique, transcends subject and moves into the realm of the [[strikethrough]] ine [[/strikethrough]] inevitable— then you have the lettuce leaf