A PIECE OF 'MY ART' THAT I JUST FOUND, UNDERNEATH A ROTTING KELIM, BEHIND A DUSTY CABINET IN MY BASEMENT..........
THIS AFTERNOON, I SPENT ABOUT A HALF HOUR DISINFECTING, THEN CLEANING IT OF BLACK MOLD, VARIOUS FUNGI AND MILDEW.....AND DRYING THE WARPED LINEN CANVAS WITH A HAIR DRYER....JUST TO SEE WHAT THE HELL IT WAS 'ALL ABOUT'......THEN, SUDDENLY, 'IT ALL CAME BACK': "WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT' ......FEELING A BIT OF NOSTALGIA, I PHOTOGRAPHED IT, SURROUNDED IT WITH A VIRTUAL FRAMING JOB....AND....HERE...IT IS, UNBUCKLED AND 'RESTORED...DIGITALLY'.....AT THE TIME OF ITS CREATION.....1966, WHILE I WAS IN ONE OF PURYEAR MIMS' ART CLASSES AT VANDERBILT.....I WAS THINKING: "SOON, I WILL BE A GREAT ARTIST....AND MY WORKS WILL HANG IN GALLERIES, ALL OVER THE WORLD!"..... WELL.......THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, DID IT? I GAVE UP "PAINTING" SHORTLY THEREAFTER......CRESTFALLEN, THAT I WAS NOT 'THE NEXT BIG DEAL' AND HAD BECOME CYNICAL ABOUT THE 'ART WORLD', IN GENERAL....AFTER A TOUR OF "ART" GALLERIES IN NEW YORK,