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1984-85, The Time of Grief
The last half of the year 1985
Click here for 1985-91, The Time of Mourning

 


 


Untitled
October 6, 1985

 

 


We were shadows
October 12, 1985

 

 

 


We were shadows (detail)
October 12, 1985

 


My body was a simple thing
Undated in October, 1985

 

 

 


My body was a simple thing (detail)
Undated in October, 1985

The text reads:
“My body was a simple thing.
It came up out of a shadow in the grass,
it lived and moved for a time in the light,
and then it returned to its source.”

 


A Portrait of the Artist at the Age of 58
No. A, Undated 1985

 

 


We live long in the world...
No. B, Undated 1985

 

 


I was born, I entered into earth...
No. C, Undated 1985

 

 


The flame, the twining of the flame...
No. D, Undated 1985


Untitled
December 28, 1985

 

 


At the end of the day...
December 30, 1985

Untitled
December 28,  1985.
 

 

 


It was in those years of childhood...
December 31, 1985

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the time of Mourning