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conversations about art

In Writing, art, quote on 6 March 2009 with 83 comments

I am as everyone knows, a big writer and reader of long letters. Generally I’m fascinated by the language of things but by none more so than the way that two people communicate ideas to one another slowly over time.  Skillfully written letters (even by email) unfurl, beautifully, whether building thematically or chasing their own tails or even flitting from one point [...]