Notes on Family, Art and Clare


Family:
commitment
support group
partially concious choice
born into
personality clashes
growth
sharing
finding out what everyone can agree upon
common ground
growing out of

interestingly, regular families are relationships to grow
out from, to leave behind, Few families are families of 
friends who share common values, perceptions, activities,
priorities

Art -
sense of order, seeing relationships
putting thing in their place
creating new things to put in new places
perceiving in new ways
seeing order in disorder
looking beyond everyday reality

Clare is
change, changing
frustrated, anxious
passionate, happy
independent, trapped
friend, true, in & out of conflict
finding new ways
throwing things out
affectionate, soft
mellowing, strengthening

seeing what is harsh, untrue,
painful and dropping it
by the wayside
in search of, taking risks
committed, fully responsible
passive, active, quiet, noisy
unpredictable, consistent
deep, flighty, deprived
emotional, restrained
busy, fragile, comfortable
impossible, dramatic
never mediocre, rarely hypocritic
mostly true to my heart, sometimes
disappointed, rarely fooled
looking for the best, demanding
all, expecting everything

Clare 8/19/85