Years ago, when I lived in New Mexico, I went to a service where the hymn "sweet sweet Spirit" was sung, a hymn which contains the line "you're the one-two prophet." I've wondered since then about this prophet, his or her jab and hook: one two, one two and through and through the vorple blade went snicker snack - a line from Jabberwocky that perhaps describes something of the quixotic nature of this prophet, an Amos perhaps, who eventually was done in by his combativeness, or so we suppose from the apparent brevity of his career, a soul of wit. Sol Lewitt, the Bauhaus artist who settled in Black Mountain and taught during the war, died recently, leaving behind many intriguing ideas for conceptual drawings. He also was a one-two prophet. Any one can take his instructions for drawing and have a Lewitt on the wall. We should do that more often, making marks on the wall: what a joy it is to apply a mark directly to the wall.
Years ago, when I lived in New Mexico, I went to a service where the hymn "sweet sweet Spirit" was sung, a hymn which contains the line "you're the one-two prophet." I've wondered since then about this prophet, his or her jab and hook: one two, one two and through and through the vorple blade went snicker snack - a line from Jabberwocky that perhaps describes something of the quixotic nature of this prophet, an Amos perhaps, who eventually was done in by his combativeness, or so we suppose from the apparent brevity of his career, a soul of wit. Sol Lewitt, the Bauhaus artist who settled in Black Mountain and taught during the war, died recently, leaving behind many intriguing ideas for conceptual drawings. He also was a one-two prophet. Any one can take his instructions for drawing and have a Lewitt on the wall. We should do that more often, making marks on the wall: what a joy it is to apply a mark directly to the wall.
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