I asked H.o.p. what he was thinking…

MoMA, with Puryear's Ladder for Booker T. Washington
MoMA, with Puryear’s Ladder for Booker T. Washington
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He looks morose, though he wasn’t. Rather, he was somewhat overwhelmed, I think. He’d been dragging me from one sculpture to another for me to take photographs of things he wanted to remember. “This! This! And this! This! And this! Make sure you get a photo of this!”

I asked H.o.p. what he was thinking here.

“I was thinking I didn’t know people could absorb themselves like that. The window was like a mirror. I was leaning over it watching people colliding with their reflections and when they did they vacuumed up each other.”

(Originally published Dec 31 2007)


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5 responses to “I asked H.o.p. what he was thinking…”

  1. gin Avatar
    gin

    Ahhh…you guys do ‘doit’ up right.(I would have underlined do, but couldn[t figure out how)

  2. Idyllopus Avatar

    Happy New Year, Gin! Hope it’s a good one.

  3. Jennifer Avatar

    What a wonderful trip!

    Happy New Year!

  4. Idyllopus Avatar

    Thanks. And many happy returns.

  5. Susan Och Avatar

    This reminded me of a photo from Chicago’s Millennium Park, so I posted it for H.O.P.

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