translating for Eleanor Coppola, TIFF ‘16
Illustration to the Tale of Prince Ivan, The Firebird and the Grey Wolf
Ivan Bilibin (1876-1942)
‘Abacus, My Love’ inspiration
John Hartman, The Duquesne Club 2011
“I have rebelled as I understand a proper artist is compelled to - if he is worth his salt - against convention. I will face the contempt and poverty that being such a social outcast entails. It seems that I must live as full, intense and varied a life as possible to gain a store of experience that will be my subject matter for works of art. I am trying hard to fashion my life on theirs (Joyce and Van Gogh). I am proud of my poverty, of not eating the right food or enough of it, of wearing shabby clothes, of not bathing or shaving regularly, proud of my chumming with communists and eccentrics, proud even of suffering periods of depression because I believe that out of this I am destined to produce great art.” -Someone With Me
William Kurelek, Sellf Portrait 1957
