Word: joy
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...warm, watery colors, Rome Hearts can be read as a kind of tone poem. Not surprisingly, perhaps, Dine has also published a volume of his poetry. Like his paintings, his poems are personal, full of discovery, the outpourings of an artist who seems to need to share his joy with the world. "I want to express myself with anything I can get my hands on," he says. "Whether it is words or shoes or paint...
...President Julian Goodman. Gore Vidal, Kirk Douglas, Senator Jacob Javits, Sandy Koufax, President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz of Mexico-and you end up in the stew with a paint salesman from Poughkeepsie. "They really pamper you," he says, as a gentleman technician dries his back. "It's just one joy after another...
There is no joy in the gym. It looks more beguiling and comfortable than your living room-indirect lighting, wall-to-wall carpeting, floor-length mirrors-but right away you begin to hurt. "Hear that grinding noise?" says your chesty instructor, as he leads you through some neck rotations. "You're breaking down calcium deposits." During the pelvic lift, he explains: "This is good . . . one and two and lift . . . for hypo-kinetic tension . . . and two and hyperventilate. Bet you can't kick your butt," he says, kicking his butt. He is right...
...Robertson and his guitar are one. Or is he making love to it like B.B. King to die-hard Lucille? A "missed it" when he is too slow; an "I've got it now" when he is just right-Robertson talks constantly to himself on stage. Always smiling, the joy contained in The Band's music emanates most from him. It is rare indeed when there is not a smile somewhere within The Band...
After ten years at Harvard, Pusey spoke of his misgivings at Leaving Lawrence- "the personal joy and pleasure of being in a small community were not dismissed lightly...