Maud's House
“Cows Juggling Pine ConesAbout a week ago, I began painting cows.
This is what it’s come to, George. Look what you’ve done to me.
Udderly ridiculous. Cute, George. Tell Jack Benny he’s got nothing to worry about.
Cows in baseball uniforms, pregnant cows, preaching cows, but still cows. Cows with spots, cows lying on couches, cows in trees. Lost cows. Cows taken to market, to the cleaners, for a ride. Cows eating spaghetti, cows blowing on saxophones, cows at a slaughterhouse choosing hum...an livers and tongues. It ceased to be amusing after the third day.
It’s a cow, George. I know it’s wearing a bikini and flip-flops.
The cows were the most recent setback in my continuing struggle with paint and canvas. For years, I have followed the same routine. Perched ram-rod straight on a stool in my studio, I face the canvas. The door is locked. I am alone with a white surface of relatively small proportions. In a few hours, its blankness will grow to overwhelming dimensions like one of those baby bathtub dinosaurs that turn into Godzilla in the fish tank.MoreLess
This is what it’s come to, George. Look what you’ve done to me.
Udderly ridiculous. Cute, George. Tell Jack Benny he’s got nothing to worry about.
Cows in baseball uniforms, pregnant cows, preaching cows, but still cows. Cows with spots, cows lying on couches, cows in trees. Lost cows. Cows taken to market, to the cleaners, for a ride. Cows eating spaghetti, cows blowing on saxophones, cows at a slaughterhouse choosing hum...an livers and tongues. It ceased to be amusing after the third day.
It’s a cow, George. I know it’s wearing a bikini and flip-flops.
The cows were the most recent setback in my continuing struggle with paint and canvas. For years, I have followed the same routine. Perched ram-rod straight on a stool in my studio, I face the canvas. The door is locked. I am alone with a white surface of relatively small proportions. In a few hours, its blankness will grow to overwhelming dimensions like one of those baby bathtub dinosaurs that turn into Godzilla in the fish tank.MoreLess
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