novembre ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- already she was interested in blurring boundaries between the fantastical and the mundane. "She was gifted at creating Mobius strips of language -- mini-koans. Comments like "a photograph is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you, the less you know" and "I get to keep what nobody needs" are endlessly interpretable. They leave the mystery intact. There may have been some canniness to this. Arbus, that is, may have known what she was doing. In her work she created legends; she did the same for her life. As Oscar Wilde once said, the best thing anyone can hope for is to be misunderstood. Misunderstandings only intensify the need to know more. 2:47 pm - 11.18.11 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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