"attractions nobody can see"
Lord, Lowell, Bachmann, Beckett, Buson, Dickinson, Shumaker, Siskind
James Lord, re Alberto Giacometti:
Robert Lowell to Ezra Pound, Oct. 24, 1956:
Ingeborg Bachmann to Paul Celan, Nov. 10, 1951:
Samuel Beckett:
Buson:
Emily Dickinson:
Peggy Shumaker:
Aaron Siskind:
Is not the aesthetic optimum: order, with tensions continuing?
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