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Our interview with the author of Guide, artist/quantum physicist Enrique Martinez Celaya anchors this issue. No artist I know of is more deeply thoughtful: "Only art for life's sake makes sense to me." And Richard Berger shares his meditation about the death of a homeless artist who lived under the San Francisco Art Institute, "To All Artists, Known and Unknown." Painter Erik d'Azevedo talks about his childhood among indigenous peoples in the U.S. and Africa. And Mary Rakow sets a new standard for art writing.
A Conversation with Enrique Martíz Celaya:
Self & Beyond Self
Mary Rakow: Looking for a Context for Enrique Martíz Celaya's Work
Patrice Wagner:
Recollections of a Curator
Robert Brady:
Portfolio-Sculpture
A Conversation with Erik d'Azevedo:
Culture Shock
Richard Berger:
To All Artists Known and Unknown
Walter Kennedy:
Portfolio-Photography
Kathleen Cramer:
Gold Diggers 2004
Unai San Martin:
Portfolio-Photogravure
Richard Whittaker:
Studio Visit, Prentiss Cole
From Readers: Fred Jones in Wales
Rue Harrison: Indigo Animal
Ronald Hobbs: Poem, The Lighting of Lamps
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