The duty of the artist

[Ron Kern]

I attended a three hour lecture on cubism at IMA tonight.  Does that count for anything?

[Pat Brockwell]

Sometimes art is collborative, as all golf courses are the result of collaboration, nature, architect, guy with the money...let's hear it for team art.

[Dan Kelly]

I attended a three hour lecture on cubism at IMA tonight.  Does that count for anything?

Sure, it does! You can subtract it, hour-for-hour, from the time you'll spend in Purgatory.

[Ron Kern]

I probably won't spend any time in Purgatory but I plan on spending some time this spring, summer and fall at Purgatory.

[Dan Kelly]

I probably won't spend any time in Purgatory but I plan on spending some time this spring, summer and fall at Purgatory.

As God is my witness ...

I swear on a stack of King James's best ...

I intended NO ALLUSION to your golf course when I made that crack about Purgatory!

I just thought: Three hours in a Cubism lecture ought to be good for something! And that was the first wise-crack that came to mind.

But when I saw that you'd replied ... before I even saw HOW you'd replied ... I thought: Purgatory ... Purgatory ... that's where I know the name Ron Kern from!

God works in mysterious ways.