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[page 3] ART YOUNG BETHEL, CONNECTICUT

the child along with what is sometimes amazingly + profoundly mature. I cannot fathom him–how his mind works–how he gets at that fresh and undiluted quantity which is the substance both of his personality and of his work. I would wish to obtain for myself that direct penetration to the core of whatever is me [underlined]. As yet I have not done so. Hence, I am only half-grown–if even that–as an artist. I need to talk with you older man. It helps me in some way–I can't say just how–to see what I need to do to get at myself. If you go out again sometime knocking around over the country and ever want someone along, will you keep me in mind and remember I'll always be ready