In that pursuit I’ve been thinking of how I’ll decorate it... And suddenly came to a realization that I can put up whatever I want and like — and need tolerate no judgment of it either. The realization surprised me because I realized I’d been looking at house with my eyes and my perception of other’s eyes. Ways of seeing and re-seeing.
So, I let the seeing go a bit – searched the web for my favorite two science fiction books of all time - the cover art is by my favorite cover artist, of course, Michael Whelan, but didn’t find what I wanted. Then searched the Strand hopefully for a large hardcover version of the book with an intact dust jacket – to lovingly frame the covers. I did not find them, but found a book with both prints inside. So – there’ll be art in the house – and some of it will be all mine from that place in my heart and mind that was formed at 13. Funny that self-love is all tied to those formative moments of ones past – the floor of Waldenbooks in Newton Center MA, finding the book on the lower shelf, settling in to read and looking up as they were closing the store.
