Seven Hundred Years ago–Haizi

Agnes Martin

By deliriumliberty

When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.”

–Agnes Martin.

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In the darkness of Chaco Canyon, over one of the larger Kivas, I spoke with a young Navajo man who wished to sleep with me, responding to his proposition by telling him that I wasn’t into men. Well, what was I doing here, he wanted to know.  That was a tough one, and I stammered something out about having studied Chaco Canyon at my university.