Michael McClure , grey-haired but svelte, impeccably preserved, smooth, and altogether a bit too smooth, one might even say superficial. According to Creeley, he and Warren were 2 out of 5 members on the UBC organising committee for the conference, and were continually outvoted by the more conservative English Department profs. And when they all say no, the committee will panic, and we'll move in with out list of invitees. He speaks nervously, spontaneously, yet with extraordinary elegance. Therefore you should never lie, because to lie is to expose the roots of speech, and when the roots are exposed, the tree dies.
Great paintings have a light of their own, which comes from within, from behind.
The ground is the pristine face of the moon. One should imagine the artist is in the studio taking a nap. Panel on collaboration. Corso is genially drunk, interrupting everyone with inapposite remarks. In the 50s if you were male you could be a rebel, but if you were female your families had you locked up.