when I returnd from meeting Kim Novak in San Francisco there was a hole in the bottom of the lavender socks I wore. moments before tossing them I had an idea for a piece. there was another old pair of cotton socks in the drawer that had holes. but it was so fraught with personal meaning I had been unable to discard them. so I brought both together.
the other pair are pale blue. I purchased
them in the Greek village of Tricala in 1987.
they appear in “What I Wore on
the Blue Swing As 1999 Became 2000.” the last time I
wore them was to the
closing party for the Andy Warhol exhibition at Palm Springs
Art Museum (I’ve
got them on in the twirling video) & the one year anniversary
party at
Janssen Artspace.
I have zero memory of where/when I bought the lavender socks. but because lavender is Kim Novak’s favorite color I packd them to go to San Francisco for the 60th anniversary screening of “Vertigo.” I put them on in Room 31 of Willows Inn & walkd down Market St to meet Jim Provenzano for dinner at Cafe Mystique. then we went across the street to Castro Theater for the screening. following that I met its star. I was the first person at the reception to greet her. I’d brought along a photograph she sent me in 1960. she seemd thrilld when I told her it had given me such pleasure over the decades.
so back in Palm Springs with Mom’s scissors I cut 21 strips from the 4 socks. I wrote a poem. with a paint pen I wrote one line on each strip. then I placed each strip in an envelope for delivery.
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I apologize for the look of this post. it began in a Word document. I copied & pasted to Blogger & it turnd into a nitemare. no matter what I try to do to make it all look the same I get this hodgepodge. maybe I didn't have enuf coffeed this morning.
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