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very hard to represent in clay. Everybody was | very hard to represent in clay. Everybody was | ||
very much excited about Marion's statue | very much excited about Marion's statue | ||
and [ | and [[^especially]] that clay cloak flying in the wind, it | ||
was generally felt that Montezuma was quite | was generally felt that Montezuma was quite | ||
remarkable for a third-grade child and that | remarkable for a third-grade child and that | ||
it should be taken down to | it should be taken down to the Art Institute | ||
to see if it could be cast. As I remember, this | to see if it could be cast. As I remember, this | ||
was done, but somehow the cloak came back | was done, but somehow the cloak came back | ||
thicker, less wafery and [ | thicker, less wafery and [[^in the end]] Montezuma looked | ||
more like a bat than an Inca. It was too bad. | more like a bat than an Inca. It was too bad. | ||
As a beginner, my outward life was quieter | As a beginner, my [[^outward]] life was quieter | ||
and more commonplace | and more commonplace. It began a little little [[^later]] in | ||
the morning with poppy seed rolls, still hot | the morning with poppy-seed rolls, still hot | ||
from the neighboring bakery eaten at the | from the neighboring bakery eaten at the | ||
round table in the dining room. Above the | round table in the dining room. Above the | ||
[[?]] of that polished red mahogany table hung [[crossed out: one of those]] [[^a green]] glass | |||
shade which cast its comfortable Victorian | shade[[crossed out: s casting a]] which cast its comfortable Victorian | ||
light in a wide circle below. I lost track of | light in a wide circle below. I lost track of | ||
that milky green lampshade when we moved | that milky green lampshade when we moved | ||
away from the State Street house and it was | away from the State Street house and it was | ||
not until some 20 years later a long time | not until [[^some 20 years later]] a long time afterwards that I saw | ||
Latest revision as of 03:39, 25 November 2022
very hard to represent in clay. Everybody was very much excited about Marion's statue and ^especially that clay cloak flying in the wind, it was generally felt that Montezuma was quite remarkable for a third-grade child and that it should be taken down to the Art Institute to see if it could be cast. As I remember, this was done, but somehow the cloak came back thicker, less wafery and ^in the end Montezuma looked more like a bat than an Inca. It was too bad.
As a beginner, my ^outward life was quieter
and more commonplace. It began a little little ^later in the morning with poppy-seed rolls, still hot from the neighboring bakery eaten at the round table in the dining room. Above the ? of that polished red mahogany table hung crossed out: one of those ^a green glass shadecrossed out: s casting a which cast its comfortable Victorian light in a wide circle below. I lost track of that milky green lampshade when we moved away from the State Street house and it was not until ^some 20 years later a long time afterwards that I saw