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open & field oriented, i.e, completely vaccous like Olitski. Who did he think he was kidding? On the other hand I like Caro, especially his (Caro's) constructivist take, & I like a book on Spanish grillwork Michael sent me.

I know you're right that I'm an ass, & that its unmanly & undignified to consider that they could ever be "right" in any way about my work. But there is something in me that wants to know their take, something I hope beyond mere masochism, I mean, I hate to miss anything that might be useful in spite of its obvious hateful & harmful intentions.* [[left margin note]] *You know how often I've said that its is so much easier to learn from bad ptgs., maybe that's why I pay attention to hostile criticism. [[/left margin note]] You know, for all shit I took from my father, he did give me one thing - face to face, or one on one, thats the best situation to be in, then you can take it to them. I've, I think, obviously, never been intimidated by Clem & Michael, but they have at times become allied with the real intimidations I feel in the difficulty of making art.

Maybe its just an unfortunately unattractive aspect of my basic