11 Cornelia, N.Y.

My Dear Steel Grey: (Well bushed and bunched)

In the dear old day in the wool commonest sense there is most likely none
to-day who can give an ounce of justice to Life aside from a Hebrew Capitalist
or Hebrew Bolshevik or stupid Russian or a nigger or a Woman or freak of all
freaks an Artist - assuredly a human being. Its neither Irish Stew nor New
England Dinner that's cooking - rather I think a broth surely to rearrange the
spirit.

And listening as I do continually in the distracted pungent quiet to the
Calm God my young life slips away as I dance on scaffolds to the heavy turns
of loaded brushes --but I do keep in time and my body can go to Hell. How sad
this is it's why I've not sent the news I never have.

There's little doing here. Warm eyes are extremely seldom --the old story
--their formulas weakly buttonholed--every one's a foreigner: Simply every
one in the hell of their own native incompetence.

Saw the Elshemus show at Anonyme (47st.) almost not interesting -- no fakery
--no style -- and honest -- but done by half an artist -- half witted -- half minded
--maybe half testicled with an infantile weakness tending to dissipate no where
the thing not half acquired -- weak but real.

Daniels has four new Wrights - dissapointing - very scholarly finished stunts
- landscapes and one nude - with vigor - energy and speed but strange - (the trees
hide the forest) these qualities are all in air - (ether) and behind is the
thing seen photographically insipid and never penetrated

Each has shown me reproductions for an article on Duchamp Villon who died -
a sculptured horse with many studies --excellent - only his life shown --
bringing to mind the rapacious racing animals at the post. You'll enjoy it
much - - - - the others extremely clever - wonderful modeled caricatures of
doctors while he was in hospital at Cannes - done in the African manner and
uncannily true and human - - - - - as the divine niggers are.

My love to the whole of you and the whole of Georgia

If invitation holds tell me to come about 15th. then its not important if I be
seeing you soon

Duncan