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^[[DATED Pop??]] Lucy - I love you madly. I've just been waiting for the right moment to tell you & now I can control myself no longer. I can't believe [[underlined]] you [[/underlined]] of all people should dream I didn't like you. You're absolutely getting as nuts as me in your old day. I promise to like you forever. And I'm glad you cleared up the thing about "my work/not my work". I must have been crazy to say such a thing about the DP [[underlined]] not [[/underlined]] being my work. However, I think I meant that there was a universal or impersonal aspect to dealing with my womanness as opposed to my particular individual self, which, with the exception of my habit of shaving my underarms & legs, has basically transcended female role, but never, never my womanness - but that's my particular, as opposed to, generic wommanness, if you know what I mean. At any rate, it better be my work as June 1st represents 4 years I've been working on it. I can hardly wait for it to be over. I'm carving the last plates finally & then will paint them, with the help of several traditional china painters who've begun to help me. It's wonderful to have them work with me - rose painters working on my images. DIVINE. The piece is scheduled to open in January - & you better be here. I'll pay for your flight myself if necessary. As to writing, take your pick. Lots of people have approached the art map & gotten