Harnett-Hargrove

There is sometimes a greater judgment shown in deviating from the rules of art, than in adhering to them; and ... there is more beauty in the works of a great genius who is ignorant of all the rules of art, than in the works of a little genius, who not only knows but scrupulously observes them.  -Joseph Addison - in The Spectator in 1714.

Peering into random journals, it occurs that it doesn't matter in what order a life is written down in a book. Linear prospects make no sense once you begin to see cycles + loops + back lashes. When meeting someone it’s not on the terms of tell me everything that has ever happened to you since your birth, you can’t skip phases and you can’t go back to fill in. Getting to know someone IS much like filling in. A first impression may lay down the bare bones of a tentative sketch. Some areas remain empty for quite some time, + then, in a flash those blank spaces become rich w/ layers of kindred experiences in explicit detail.

Cartoons don’t grow older, they just change their clothes.  -ANHH