Who would have thought that birth into the imperial halls and meadows of a great menacing empire would leave us with uncertain, colored memories, some prim, some grim, and all calling. Your work always calls up my own childhood as a suburban migrant—my family jetted from Massachusetts to California to Pennsylvania and back. Each location with its local color palette and social standards. Very confusing.
Who would have thought that birth into the imperial halls and meadows of a great menacing empire would leave us with uncertain, colored memories, some prim, some grim, and all calling. Your work always calls up my own childhood as a suburban migrant—my family jetted from Massachusetts to California to Pennsylvania and back. Each location with its local color palette and social standards. Very confusing.
Michael, your comments are always so thoughtful. Thank you. Also, I am glad it made you think about your own childhood places. xx