Victoria, what I love about these posts is the dedication to investigating/excavating that backs up your observations about the art world and your father's role in it. And I love the Amalfi: Moonlight pattern.
Love how you move through time and space and Positano here. Yes, I have been there; yes, I have read Highsmith’s amazing book. Like you, I started the Netflix series and loved certain aspects of it but was not engaged enough to continue. (I think because it didn’t capture what my imagination and the novel did—of that slice of time and space.) Perhaps your words from Steinbeck capture it most for me:
I’m sure he preferred to hold onto his dream version, the version Steinbeck says is made more real in memory.
I fell in love with Italy in the early 1980s. It has changed much since then. But I still hang on to those memories—especially the south, but also the Tuscan and Ligurian coasts.
Thanks for sharing this part of your reflections on your father’s life.
Thanks for this, Etta! I thought of you as I wrote this piece— 😁 So glad you shared your thoughts and impressions. Do you know the Luzzara photos or the town itself? I was surprised to see how far it was from Positano.
Our fathers were at Chicago at the same time. Discovering your journey is a thrilling find for me.
Me too! I’ll go poke around your pieces. I had only one artist parent but two households too.
Victoria, what I love about these posts is the dedication to investigating/excavating that backs up your observations about the art world and your father's role in it. And I love the Amalfi: Moonlight pattern.
Thanks, Clyde— and yes, I loved that Morgan piece too. So simple and lovely.
Love how you move through time and space and Positano here. Yes, I have been there; yes, I have read Highsmith’s amazing book. Like you, I started the Netflix series and loved certain aspects of it but was not engaged enough to continue. (I think because it didn’t capture what my imagination and the novel did—of that slice of time and space.) Perhaps your words from Steinbeck capture it most for me:
I’m sure he preferred to hold onto his dream version, the version Steinbeck says is made more real in memory.
I fell in love with Italy in the early 1980s. It has changed much since then. But I still hang on to those memories—especially the south, but also the Tuscan and Ligurian coasts.
Thanks for sharing this part of your reflections on your father’s life.
Thanks for this, Etta! I thought of you as I wrote this piece— 😁 So glad you shared your thoughts and impressions. Do you know the Luzzara photos or the town itself? I was surprised to see how far it was from Positano.