Andrew Cooks and I met April 8.

Our conversation circled around inconclusiveness; how this is expressed in my practice--specifically with the current work Sonata. I updated him on other works in my studio, plans for my paper and Berlin.

Andrew provided thoughts on the painting: edges [how, where, tools], process writing/painting [multiple voices, different/shared, mirrors], intentional mark vs. action/re-action, space/figure-ground echo’ voices, repetition, camouflage [hiding in plain sight]; suggested a number of books, including J. Lord A Giacometti Portrait, and A. Camus Myth of Sisyphus; recommended I visit Ursus Books on my way to The Met Breuer the next day, and visit the Art of Japan Galleries in the main building. Books, store and galleries were wonderful! Familiar with Giacometti’s work, I was unfamiliar with the artist. After reading Lord and Camus I question if it is correct to call Sisyphus a myth, or an artist?