196. The piece of painted sidewalk, I had titled, “”Icon of
my Childhood.” My first title was
simply, My Childhood,” but Agnes wanted me to add the work Icon, so as to make
it more art knowledgeable.
197. As usual, I gave in to my teacher about the title, but
still I preferred the original title, because I thought that the thing I had
made was a part of my being a child, and if I had had my way I would have put chalk
hop-scotch lines on it rather that the splattered paint.
198. The splattered paint, like the title, was my teachers
attempt to make the thing more relevant to the art community.
199. At the time I was in my third year of taking sculpture
classes at our museum, and so I was in the habit of attending all the various
openings every month. Mrs. Festini was always there with her husband, and so it
was almost always necessary to say something to them each time. For this reason
my wife, who always came with me, knew my teacher quite well.
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