I go back and forth between abstract and more narrative modes. Actually I like an idea put forth by Frye of the literary modes as equaling the seasonal mythos. I built a abstract figure out of the Emersonian combination of, Fate, Freedom, and Power. I saw their correspondence in the Seasons; Fate, Winter and so on.
Stevens had a similar figure in what he called Major Man, a man containing the differing poles of Summer Ideal and Romantic Winter.
I think the Met had just bought a Duccio around this time and I was thinking of the Italian Altar pieces, along with the Roman wall painting I like at the Villa of the Mysteries.
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