Letter to John Part 3 and 4

Two years ago to this day, Devin passed away. This is another page of a letter he sent me in 1986 or so.

Letter to John Part 1 and 2

Here are the first couple parts, all on one page, of a letter that Devin sent me, probably in 1986.

Some How

Somehow

"Like racing across the tall grass with short legs trying to catch the rainbow."

I Was Here Pt. 5

This is the last page of five pages that were a letter that Devin sent to me in 1986, It's all about having a piece of paper and drawing something on it because there was paper and there were a couple pens and there was an envelope to put it in. After two pages of just black ink on paper one of the colors featured in the first two pages has returned. There is no yellow, just orange. But the orange does make a nice comment on the black lines and words.

The five pages of this letter were just a sign that he was there, in that place, at that time, and that he could make marks to say something about being there and let me know because I was a thousand miles away.

I Was Here Pt. 4

Here is part 4 of a letter I got from Devin in 1986, I think. In the previous installation, he realized that he could draw on the other side of the piece of paper. So he did. Through the years, in my basement storage, the paper somehow turned translucent, so when he drew on both sides of the piece of paper, both sides came through at the same time. There are faces in there somewhere, but everything is melting, merging, falling into just a series of horizontal lines, falling to the words, some empty horizons.

I Was Here, Pt. 3

Here is the third in a series of drawings and writings that came to me in a letter from Devin probably in 1986. Here he discovers that he can write on both sides of the paper. The face is a box and the lines are twisted as if there was space to be filled and something had to fill it. I see some script and a profile, some attempts at language and expression in the marks on the left side. Not only does Devin realize that he can draw on both sides of the paper, he demonstrates this just by drawing, just by marking it up. He's spewing out his guts in lines because there is a blank sheet of paper and something has to go on it, something has to deface that other side.

I Was Here Pt. 2

Here is the second page in Devin's letter to me, an adventure in color and words and images in several parts.